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  • and 1 Cor 14:33b-35) Natalie Nabass Personal Profile: I am an unapologetic Muslim American hijabi who unfortunately doesn’t know when to stop arguing with her grandma. Family gets tough during quarantine, let me tell you. Why I became a Religion Major. I’m majoring in religion because I figured that if I expect others in the U.S. to educate themselves about Islam, I should educate myself about Christianity. It’s easier to build bridges if you know where people are coming from. Final Video

  • university’s long-range planning report, underscored that ancient commitment to act with justice and resist structural evil, the true meaning of “justice” remains an open, and disputed, question. While American children grow up repeating the words “with liberty and justice for all” in the Pledge of Allegiance, our nation’s history offers another story in which women, immigrants, people of color, refugees, sexual minorities and the land itself have been deprived freedom and justice. Lutheran Studies

  • social services in Germany,” Paso said. “It was the first attempt in western Christianity to establish a system of care for poor, and deciding who could receive and who couldn’t receive help. It was a precursor to the formation of modern welfare state.” Paso is studying at Emory’s Chandler School of Theology after receiving a full tuition scholarship under the  Robert W. Woodruff Fellowships in Theology and Ministry. Looking back at her time at PLU, Paso credits her professors, and the university’s

  • June 4, 2009 Finding the space to breathe – and to ask the big questions Jake K.M. Paikai knows a thing or two about multifaith families. He grew up in Hawaii with grandparents that are Jewish. His mother converted to Christianity. Despite his mother’s conversion, she left it up to Paikai to figure out exactly who or what he should believe in. “She let me decide whether I was gonna do the Christian thing, or the Jewish thing, or neither,” he said. How did attending a Lutheran university

  • meeting of Ignite, one of the more popular groups on campus. Here, the music is also full throttle. A band onstage leads the group in praise songs, followed by a traditional service.   Bashair Alazadi ’13 and her husband Carlos Sandoval ’13 use the Reflection Room on the PLU Campus for devotions. (Photo by John Froschauer) These types of events happen at PLU all the time. If break dancing isn’t your thing – or mainstream Christianity, for that matter – there’s still a group for you. After all

  • created an endowed scholarship to honor their 50 years! Gifts support students who need additional assistance decreasing “the gap” – the difference between the financial aid PLU is able to offer and the cost of  attendance.Give to the Class of 1969 Endowed ScholarshipThe Turbulent Sixties and American Culture Today Professor Emeritus Phil Nordquist and Angie Hambrick, Associate Vice President of Diversity, Justice and Sustainability, explored what has changed and what has remained the same in 50 years

  • Annica Stiles ’25 explores Iceland’s wilderness and culture Annica Stiles, an environmental studies major with minors in communication and Indigenous and Native American studies, spent the summer interning with Global Treks & Adventure. Posted by: mhines / September 5, 2023 Image: Annica Stiles ’25 spends the summer interning with Global Treks & Adventure in Iceland. (Photo provided by Stiles) September 5, 2023 Embarking on a journey to study in Reykjavik, Iceland, during the summer is a unique

  • university. That gift – almost $107,000 provided by 67 generous alums – sought to endow the Meant to Live program, part of PLU’s signature “Wild Hope Project.” “Meant to Live is the convergence of a gift from the Class of 1958 and homecoming, where an alumnus of the university can speak to students about his or her life’s work,” said Samuel Torvend, project director of the Wild Hope Project and professor of the history of Christianity. This was the first year that Meant to Live was officially associated

  • for her for many reasons: there is a course offered on Ancient Greek which is important to studying the New Testament, Greece has such a rich religious history, CYA has a balance of structure and independence, and it fit perfectly with her major and minor. While in Athens, Erika was able to take classes in Modern Greek (which she was able to practice by going to cafés and talking to locals) and Ancient Greek, a monotheistic religion course, a religion class on Orthodox Christianity, a philosophy

  • you have a meal plan). It also lets you into buildings, and allows you to access services like printing. You should take it everywhere. Lute LockerCampus store on first floor of Anderson University Center Lutheran Higher EdLutheran Higher Education is the theoretical core around which a PLU education is based. MartyMartin Luther, the founder of the Lutheran denomination of christianity. meal swipesMeal plans come with "swipes" to get students in to the All You Care To Eat meals in the Commons