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We want to help you suit up for your Senior year. This webinar series, led by our admission counselor experts, is designed for you to feel confident going into your college search and make sure
SUIT UP FOR SENIOR YEAR COLLEGE ADMISSIONS 101 It's never too early (or late) to start your college search!We want to help you “suit up” for your Senior year. This webinar series, led by our admission counselor experts, is designed for you to feel confident going into your college search and make sure you’re putting your best self forward in the application and scholarship process. Take a look at the topics below – pick the ones that most interest you and save the dates. We look forward to
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Lecturer in Religion | 2015 Lutheran Studies Conference | Rabbi Bruce Kadden will present Dabru Emet: A Jewish Perspective on Christians and Christianity. Dabru Emet (Hebrew for “Speak the Truth”) proposes a series of theses concerning Jewish views of Christianity and a call for Jews and Christians to work together for justice in the world.
Rabbi Bruce Kadden Lecturer in Religion Biography Biography Rabbi Bruce Kadden will present Dabru Emet: A Jewish Perspective on Christians and Christianity. Dabru Emet (Hebrew for “Speak the Truth”) proposes a series of theses concerning Jewish views of Christianity and a call for Jews and Christians to work together for justice in the world. Signed by over 220 rabbis and Jewish scholars, Dabru Emet was first published in the New York Times on September 10, 2000. For many if not most
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Dr. Samuel Torvend spent his sabbatical during the 2019-20 school year researching environmental consciousness and sustainability in early medieval monastic communities. Early medieval monasteries were built to last, he emphasizes. “When these monastic communities were established, they did not think they were going to be…
Dr. Torvend on Sustainability in Monastic Communities Posted by: dupontak / May 11, 2021 May 11, 2021 By Joy Edwards '21Religion & English MajorDr. Samuel Torvend spent his sabbatical during the 2019-20 school year researching environmental consciousness and sustainability in early medieval monastic communities.Early medieval monasteries were built to last, he emphasizes. “When these monastic communities were established, they did not think they were going to be there for a couple of weeks, but
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Originally published in 2021 Dr. Samuel Torvend spent his sabbatical during the 2019-20 school year researching environmental consciousness and sustainability in early medieval monastic communities. Early medieval monasteries were built to last, he emphasizes. “When these monastic communities were established, they did not think they…
Sustainability in Monastic Communities Posted by: alex.reed / May 22, 2022 May 22, 2022 By Joy Edwards, ‘21 (Religion and English Major)Originally published in 2021Dr. Samuel Torvend spent his sabbatical during the 2019-20 school year researching environmental consciousness and sustainability in early medieval monastic communities. Early medieval monasteries were built to last, he emphasizes. “When these monastic communities were established, they did not think they were going to be there for a
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Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies | College of Liberal Studies | dowland@plu.edu | 253-535-8125 | Seth Dowland teaches courses in PLU’s International Honors, First-Year Experience, Religion, and Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies programs.
American Christianity Christianity and Race Evangelicalism Gender and Religion Religion and Politics Selected Publications American Evangelicalism and the Politics of Whiteness A New Book Argues This ‘Divine Institution’ is the Key to Understanding White Evangelical Culture” White Evangelical Voters: Trump as a Spiritual Leader Evangelical Homeschooling and the Development of “Family Values Where Are the Culture Wars? A Hard-Edged Gospel: The Rise and Fall of Mark Driscoll Government End Times? Pray
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January Term (J-Term for short) , PLU’s month-long term between fall and spring semesters, is when many of our students take advantage of our incredible study away options in multiple places around the world. Planned and coordinated by professors and PLU’s study away center, J-Term…
the photos from students this J-Term studying in England! Are you interested in learning more about travel away J-Term classes? See where PLU students can spend their J-Term in 2025. Lutes in Oxford are studying the contested history of religion and politics through visiting sites where people fought for freedom from imperial Christianity, where early evangelicals registered their dissent against the established order, and where future prime ministers and other members of Parliament developed
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The role of imagination in theology and the life of discipleship is often underappreciated. We will explore the role of imagination in the call to conversion and the promise of the kingdom.
The Theology, Art & the Imagination of The Saint John’s Bible 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 15 in the Scandinavian Cultural CenterThe role of imagination in theology and the life of discipleship is often underappreciated. We will explore the role of imagination in the call to conversion and the promise of the kingdom. The illuminated Saint John’s Bible will be used as a case study in the role of art to stimulate our imagination and help us learn to see how God is at work in the world and our lives
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The Department of Religion is proud to present the 2023 Senior Capstones. The presentations are given on May 22nd, 2023 in Anderson University Center, Room 203 - The Regency Room.
Sex4:20-4:35 - Emma HazenbergThey Will Deal with You in Fury': Mutilation as Rhetoric Under the Male Gaze in Ezekiel 234:35-4:50 - Trinity JohnsonRedefining Black Identity Through Religion4:50-5:05 - Travis ReedyNon-Denominational Christianity: “To do away with the images”5:05-5:15 - Break5:15-5:30 - Allison Sheflo5:30-5:45 - Rebecca Pierce5:45-6:00 - Maggie Nieberger5:15-5:30 - Allison ShefloQueering Christ: Depicting Jesus as LGBTQ+ in Art5:30-5:45 - Rebecca PierceThe Limits of Forgiveness
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Important text: None Major holidays: Human Light Major figures in this tradition: Enlightenment Scholars, scientists Place of worship: None Brief Summary: Humanists believe in the importance of
, by Louis Frederic Rethinking the Buddha: Early Buddhist Philosophy as Meditative Perception, by Eviatar Shulman A Buddhist Approach to International Relations: Radical Interdependence, by William J Long ChristianityImportant text: the Bible Major holidays: Easter, Christmas, Pentecost Major figures in this tradition: Abraham, Moses, other Hebrew Prophets, Jesus Christ Place of worship: Church Brief Summary: Christianity has a basis in Abrahamic tradition, like Judaism and Islam. It’s holy book
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We are very excited to present a series of Faculty Webinars at this year's Homecoming Week! Find out all the details for each event and register below!
major wine-producing states in the country. For those who are registered, Dr. Torvend will send an illustrated handout prior to the webinar – you know, just to wet your whistle! Bring your glass of wine and enjoy the presentation! Dr. Torvend is a historian of early and medieval Christianity in the Department of Religion. He has offered previous gatherings on wines and breads of the Mediterranean, the wines and breads of Jesus and the first Christians, and wine in the movies. Register
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