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herself, and she explained that a poet’s attentiveness to detail, as well as the life and beauty that poets see in everything, has always been a part of her and how she views the environment.  Robinson-Bertoni enjoys bringing a poet’s eye to environmental studies because she believes that we can learn much more about the environment with multiple lenses and perspectives. She especially finds environmental studies within a religious context compelling because religion, like art, inspires change

June 4, 2009 Helping those in need is a moral imperative, not necessarily a religious one How did Harold Lerass come to believe self-sacrifice is a moral imperative, not just a religious one? In this world, there are many people who need help, and for PLU student Harold Leraas, helping those in need is the greatest mission in life. “I guess I’d just like to see people better off,” he said. “If I can help make someone else’s life better, I guess that’s a pretty successful life.” He doesn’t

, or reason? The question Tertullian poses is easy to ask, but has proven quite difficult to answer suitably. In recent years, some have suggested that important parallels between scientific and religious theorizing make it possible for us to look to science for help in thinking more clearly about religion. One of the most intriguing of the approaches argues that “inferences to the best explanation” are used in both areas; theists, for example, might claim confirmation for their beliefs by pointing

, social, physical, emotional and spiritual development of students—allowing religious beliefs and secular education to not only co-exist here, but to individually (and seemingly paradoxically) contribute to our students’ growth. And because PLU unquestionably accepts—and promotes—freedom of expression, all students, of all beliefs, are encouraged to explore their own spiritual development, with the support of the entire PLU community. In a world where most social and political conflicts contain a

development of religious cognition and behavior. Their project will explore how religious beliefs are learned in childhood and how children conceptualize religious beings. Dr. Shneidman’s specific area of focus will be on children in Mayan communities on the Yucatec Peninsula and in Mexico City.   Read Previous Enrico Jones Award in Psychotherapy & Clinical Psychology Read Next The Evolution of Behavior LATEST POSTS Ricky Haneda ’22 | Psychology Major February 18, 2022 The Evolution of Behavior November

being a part of a religious tradition that doesn’t seek to supply all the answers,” he said. Those questions brought him closer to his Jewish faith than he’d been in years. “If it weren’t for my fellow Jews here at PLU, I wouldn’t be as religious as I am now. It was [at PLU] that I learned how important my religious tradition is. PLU is great about asking those ‘big enough’ questions. You don’t get answers. You get more questions.” Paikai paused. “And that is probably exactly what a lot of us need

as we pray for the world.  What does “centering community” mean to you? I think it’s both a gift and a challenge. The gift is, you’re not alone. There’s a community of people to support you and care about you. It’s not all up to you. Then I think the challenge is that it’s not just about you. It’s about the larger community. We’re interconnected, and we’re called to care for one another.  There’s a religious connotation about a centering or a grounding, which is about an orientation. So centering

people at PLU, about what you would all want hear. The Pacific Northwest has a huge relationship with religion. There are a lot of Native American religions and people who are more eclectic in religion. My interest is people who don’t fit into the typical religious categories. We know people who say, “I’m Christian” or “I’m Muslim.” I’m interested in how people in different religions get along and don’t get along based on their differences and beliefs. I’m really interested in people who don’t fit in

efforts to acknowledge and nurture Pacific Lutheran University's diverse religious population.Championed by the Interfaith Working Group — an open-enrollment group comprised of faculty, staff and students interested in progressing interfaith work on campus — the new space provides Lutes a religiously neutral place to practice faith and spirituality. The room, located in Anderson University Center 205, lacks any visual religious symbols but contains a cabinet that provides various articles of faith for

contribution relies on decades of experience in intersections of religion, disability, health, and healing. An associate professor of early and medieval Christian history at PLU, Llewellyn Ihssen is the program director of IHON-Oxford. Llewellyn Ihssen uses critical disability theory in her work on ancient, late antique, and medieval religious texts.  After earning an undergraduate degree in English literature and secondary education, Llewellyn Ihssen worked in special-education classrooms. Yearning to