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  • Professor Emeritus and a Faculty Fellow | Department of Philosophy | menzelpt@plu.edu | Taught philosophy at Pacific Lutheran University from 1971 to 2012, having been educated at Wooster, Yale, and Vanderbilt.  Teaching widely in philosophy and cross-disciplinary curricula, he has also published specialized scholarly work in health care ethics, including two books on moral questions in health care economics, numerous articles on health system structure and health care reform, and a recently co-edited volume (2012) on the tension between treatment and prevention in health policy.  Courses in the last decade of his teaching include Biomedical Ethics, Human Identity and Bioethics, Health and Social Justice, Business Ethics, Human Rights, and The Nature of Human Well-Being. He also served Pacific Lutheran University in various administrative positions, including Provost.  He retired to Professor Emeritus in summer 2012. .

    , Health and Social Justice, Business Ethics, Human Rights, and The Nature of Human Well-Being. He also served Pacific Lutheran University in various administrative positions, including Provost.  He retired to Professor Emeritus in summer 2012.

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  • is an ordained American Baptist minister, a teacher and student of human systems, and a respected consultant and coach from Portland, Oregon.

    Pacific Northwest at Pacific Lutheran University. Author of Flowing Water, Uncommon Birth: Christian Baptism in a Post-Christian Culture and Luther and the Hungry Poor: Gathered Fragments Learn More Marit Trelstadis the Endowed Chair of Lutheran Studies at Pacific Lutheran University. Editor of Cross Examinations: Readings on the Meaning of the Cross Today Learn More Jan Ruudis the Pastor at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church by The Narrows in Tacoma. Has served communities in Cameroon, France, Madagascar and

  • The value of a college education increases when graduates have a better understanding of religion’s diversity and influence in regional, national, and global life.

    of Biblical Lit. ASCH Society of Christian Ethics My Academic Pathway Course Catalog ListingQ&A with triple major Allison Sheflo '23PLU senior Allison Sheflo discusses her triple major in geosciences, environmental studies, and religion.FacultyLearn more about the religion departments faculty and staff membersMoreLearning OutcomesRead about the learning outcomes for General Education for Religion majors & minorsMore

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  • A yearlong sabbatical in 2017-18 provided Dr. Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen, Dr. Michael Schleeter, and Dr. Seth Dowland with opportunities to rethink their courses and pursue scholarly interests.

    By Maria Flores '20Division of Social Sciences A yearlong sabbatical in 2017-18 provided Dr. Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen, Dr. Michael Schleeter, and Dr. Seth Dowland with opportunities to rethink their courses and pursue scholarly interests. For Dr. Dowland and Dr. Schleeter, sabbatical was a time to step away from teaching and service obligations so that they could focus on scholarship relevant to their teaching.  For Dr. Llewellyn Ihssen, sabbatical provided an opportunity to teach and serve in a

  • Building a relationship with God based on openness When Mycal Ford discusses his faith, his story is that of a classic Christian conversion. He was an all-star athlete. He was, and remains, handsome and popular. In high school, success came easy. And with it, so…

    assumed that, to be Christian, you had to be against this or for that. Against abortion. Against gay rights. My religion was not going to be contingent on social issues.” When he stepped into that Sunday-morning church service, he came to understand that living a spiritual life did not require stumping for a set of predetermined social issues. “God is more concerned about our heart than those social issues,” Ford said. “What he’s after is our heart.” Ford now attends church every Sunday, but it is

  • All Review Officers and Decision Makers need to adhere to the ethics stated, below: Review Officers’ and Decision Makers’ behavior shall be free from impropriety Review Officers and Decision Makers shall honor standards of confidentiality and shall not comment upon or discuss the merits of a pending or past incident except in a direct relation to a Review Meeting Review Officers and Decision Makers shall not prejudge any incident Review Officers and Decision Makers shall not be influenced by

  • See Dr. Artime's profile Michael Artime is Assistant Professor & Chair of the Department of Political Science. He has a Ph.D. from the University of Missouri-St. Louis in Political Science.

    Christian Responses to Plagues and Public Health: Two Perspectives from the History of Religion Dr. Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen, Associate Professor of Early and Medieval Christian History Lecture Description:  Through the discipline of religious history, this lecture the responses of two Christian bishops to a third-century Ebola-like plague and a sixth-century bubonic plague. Through primary texts we will explore how these events shaped theological views and social activity of bishops Cyprian of Carthage

  • See Dr. Artime's profile Michael Artime is Assistant Professor & Chair of the Department of Political Science. He has a Ph.D. from the University of Missouri-St. Louis in Political Science.

    Christian Responses to Plagues and Public Health: Two Perspectives from the History of Religion Dr. Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen, Associate Professor of Early and Medieval Christian History Lecture Description:  Through the discipline of religious history, this lecture the responses of two Christian bishops to a third-century Ebola-like plague and a sixth-century bubonic plague. Through primary texts we will explore how these events shaped theological views and social activity of bishops Cyprian of Carthage

  • Environmental Studies faculty and staff.

    Kevin J. O'Brien Professor of Christian and Environmental Ethics Full Profile he/him 253-535-7239 obrien@plu.edu

  • Speakers: Rev. Dr. Renate Wind and Rev. Dr. Mark Brocker When: Tuesday, Aug. 28 at 1 p.m. Where: CK Hall, Anderson University Center Free and open to the public

    publicAbout the speakers Renate Wind is a Lutheran pastor who served as professor of biblical theology and church history at the evangelical university in Nurenberg. She is a well-known Bonhoeffer scholar and was awarded the prestigious German “Evangelical Book Award” in 1993 for her landmark biography, Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Spoke in the Wheel. Dr. Wind has lectured extensively in Europe and North America; and has recently published her newest book, Being Christian in the Empire: Following Jesus as