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  • Dr. Seth Dowland, Seminar in Religion

    welcoming environment to deepen my curiosity of constructive theology and encouraged me to explore other religions beyond Christianity. Alyosha Strum-Palerm “Civil Religious Revival in the Early Cold War” Abstract: The implications of a non-denominational Civil Religion are perhaps no more apparent than in the 1940s and 50s when a wartime geopolitical landscape meshed with conflicts surrounding economic systems, systems of government, social hierarchies, and a new definition of the moral establishment

  • May 25, June 1, and June 8, 2021 at 3:30pm PST The turn into a more secular and less traditionally religious culture is no news to us in ministry in the Pacific Northwest.

    researches in areas of theology, ministry, culture, and younger generations. His most recent project is a three volume look at “Ministry in a Secular Age,” including “Faith Formation in a Secular Age” (2017), “The Pastor in a Secular Age” (2019), and “The Congregation in a Secular Age” (2020). Contact the Director of Congregational Engagement, Kendall Jeske, at jeskekj@plu.edu for more information!Session 1Faith Formation in a Secular AgeSession 2The Pastor in a Secular AgeSession 3The Congregation in a

  • Major in Religion 32 semester hours RELI 499: Capstone Research Seminar (offered only in Spring semester) 8 semester hours RELI coursework from Line One: Christian Traditions (RC): RELI 212, 220-229,

    , Christianity has been shrinking in its European (and Amer-European) historic strongholds and has been growing in Asia, Latin American, and Africa. This course examines writings by various writers who combine a Christian identity with their own cultural context and construct the theologies of the Christian future in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. (4) RELI 247 : Christian Theology - RL, VW, GE Survey of selected topics or movements in Christian theology designed to introduce the themes and methodologies of

  • Why Study Religion? Religion provides orientation and direction for individuals and communities, societies and cultures.

    least eight hours in each of the two lines. Transfer minors under this option normally take 16 hours in residence. Courses taken to satisfy the General University Requirement in religion (eight hours) may be applied toward either minor option. Selected course offerings Christian Traditions Religion and Literature of the New Testament Jesus and His Early Interpreters Pauline Literature Gospel of John The Christian Tradition Early Christianity Medieval Christianity Luther American Church History

  • Assistant Professor of New Testament | 2015 Lutheran Studies Conference | Choi will present Breaking Up Is Hard To Do: Why Jews and Christians Parted Ways The origins of Christianity lie in Judaism: Jesus was Jewish, the disciples were Jewish, and Paul was Jewish.  The Christian Old Testament consists of the Jewish Scriptures, and most of the Christian New Testament was written by Jews.  Why, then, aren’t Christians Jewish?  This presentation will consider Judaism and Christianity in the first century C.E.

    century C.E. and will explore some of the reasons that led to the parting of the ways between Jews and Christians. Choi completed her Ph.D. in New Testament at the University of St. Michael’s College at the University of Toronto.  She teaches courses in biblical studies, with a focus on early Christianity and Judaism in the period of the Second Temple.  Both her teaching and research considers how the ancient texts should be understood in their ancient contexts.  Her research currently focuses on the

  • Conference unites art and religion Artists, musicians and scholars will gather on campus for PLU’s second “ Art, Religion and Peace Conference ” Feb. 12 and 13.Last held in the spring of 2005, the conference explores ways in which the visual and musical arts of…

    Chancellor’s Professor of the History of Christian Art at Vanderbilt University will give the keynote address, “The Victory of the Cross in Early Christian Art: Transforming the Iconography of Conquest.” Her talk on Feb. 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the Scandinavian Cultural Center is the inaugural Alice Kjesbu Torvend Lecture in Christian Art. “She’s the primary North American expert of early Christianity,” Torvend said. “She has done groundbreaking work in terms of how Christian images have served as challenges to

  • By William Giddings, Professor Emeritus September 1995

    A History of the PLU Chemistry Department into the Early 1990's By William Giddings, Professor Emeritus September 1995 Anders Ramstad The early history of chemistry at Pacific Lutheran, beginning in 1922, was chronicled by Professor Emeritus Anders Ramstad (right) in Recent Developments in Sciences, a collection of papers honoring Professor Robert C. Olsen in 1975. After Myron Ringstad had taught chemistry classes from 1922-1925 and a year passed with no chemistry courses offered, Dr. Ramstad

  • In addition to the Pre-Law Advising Program, we also offer a minor in Pre-Law that helps students develop skills that are important to preparation for the law school application process and in legal

    Literature of the Hebrew Bible RELI 220: Early Christianity RELI 221: Medieval Christianity RELI 331: New Testament Studies Pre-Law Advising For information, see Pre-Professional Programs section of the catalog

  • All Religion majors complete a major research project. Recent capstone projects completed by Religion majors are listed below.

    Olbertz, The Christian Message Versus the American Dream: A Tillichian Analysis of Christian Self-Help Literature Sean Parshall, Using Q to Unlock John: How Q and Other Early Christian Sources Connect to the Gospel of John Katie Schinnell, When Church Became Cheap: A Contextual Study of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Theology of Grace Religion Erica ‘Aerii’ Smith, Christian Revivalism in the 1960s: A Call to Action Grant Stanaway, Agar, Habermas, and Tillich: on the Eugenic Question and Radical Acceptance

  • Professor Emerita and Faculty Fellow in Humanities | Religion | killenpo@plu.edu | Patricia O’Connell Killen, professor emerita, taught courses in the Department of Religion and in the International Core at PLU from 1989 through 2010.

    Lilly Endowment, Incorporated. Across her four-decade career, Killen’s research has focused on Christianity in North America, especially Catholicism, on religion and spirituality in the western United States, particularly the Pacific Northwest, and on church-related higher education.  From 2006-2012 she served as editor of the Wiley-Blackwell journal, Teaching Theology and Religion.  Since 1999 she has been a workshop leader and consultant for the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology