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  • September 18, 2013 Lutheran Studies Conference 2013 Breaking rules, honoring the ordinary, opening up God: Lutheran perspectives on Jesus of Nazareth The Lutheran Studies Conference will take place at Pacific Lutheran University on Sept. 26. All presentations – which will begin at 2 p.m. –  will take place in the Scandinavian Cultural Center at the Anderson University Center on the upper campus of PLU (Park Avenue and 122nd Street South). Online registration began on Monday, August 26, at the

  • Seth Dowland Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies Phone: 253-535-8125 Email: dowland@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 227-I Status:On Sabbatical Blog: http://usreligion.blogspot.com/ Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Director, International Honors (IHON) Education Ph.D., American Religions, Duke University, 2007 M.A., American Religions, Duke University, 2004 B.A. with distinction, Religious Studies & History, University of

  • Seth Dowland Director, IHON Phone: 253-535-8125 Email: dowland@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 227-I Status:On Sabbatical Blog: http://usreligion.blogspot.com/ Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies Education Ph.D., American Religions, Duke University, 2007 M.A., American Religions, Duke University, 2004 B.A. with distinction, Religious Studies & History, University of Virginia, 2001 Areas of

  • Wild Hope Initiatives Engaging the mind, shaping the futureThe success of the Wild Hope Center for Vocation was established, in good measure, through the lives of the faculty mentors who engage their students with questions of meaning and purpose—in the classroom, during a casual conversation, through collaborative research, or even by speaking at Wild Hope event. Rooted in the conviction that purposeful learning shapes meaningful living in a complex world, the Wild Hope Center for Vocation

  • Conference SpeakersDr. Samuel TorvendDr. Marit TrelstadDr. Heather MathewsDr. Lisa MarcusDr. Seth DowlandRabbi Bruce KaddenDr. Samuel TorvendWho: Dr. Samuel Torvend, Professor Emeritus of Religion, PLU and Priest for Adult Formation at Christ Church Episcopal Bio: Samuel Torvend teaches courses in the history of early, medieval, and reformation Christianity as well as historical courses on the reform of social welfare, Christian responses to local and global hunger, Christian art and

  • 2022 Religion Capstones Dr. Seth Dowland, Seminar in Religion Monday, May 23, from 2:00-4:30pm Livestream of the Spring 2022 Religion Capstones starting at 2:00pm on Monday, May 23rd. Jodie Holman “Proverbs 31:10-31 as a Guise of Female Agency: The Illusion of Power & Control” Abstract: Proverbs 31:10-31 encompasses an image of the ideal woman who retains all the qualities of the superlative wife and mother. This role model of the perfect woman has been applied to generations of women. My aim

  • Learn More: Bwa MaskWith a population of about 300,000, the Bwa live in both Mali and Burkina Faso. The Bwa are governed by a council of elders. Unlike many surrounding cultures, the masks are not owned by secret societies. Masks are owned by entire families, but are in the care of elder men. The masks are accessible to everyone in the family, men and women, although only the young men wear them in the rituals. The rituals preformed are mostly to communicate or tell stories of encounters with

  • Pacific Lutheran University premieres new original opera: Fiery Jade Cai Yan Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / October 18, 2016 October 18, 2016 By Mandi LeCompteOutreach Manager PLU Music Professor Gregory Youtz teams up with prominent Chinese poet Zhang Er, Professor at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, to create this new work around the life of an extraordinary woman poet of ancient China, Cai Yan. In this new opera, Fiery Jade: Cai Yan, we see the collapse of a dynasty, the sack of a city

  • BMBA 504 : Quantitative Methods for Decision Making Methods and techniques of quantitative research. Emphasis on research design, data collection, basic data analysis; including, chi-square, correlation, ANOVA and regression, as well as interpretation and presentation of results. Students will work in groups to provide a custom research project for a business or non-profit client. (4) BMBA 509 : Global Business Perspectives Evaluate cultural, economic, political and environmental contexts for

  • Learn More: Likomba Mask 2This mask is in a darker color than the other Makonde facemask in the PLU Collection. On this mask the hairstyle is that of seven narrow, “shaved” spaces between each of eight rows of hair. Whether this is to suggest the hair was braided is open to conjecture. The recesses of the eyes are less pronounced, the nose has a slightly flatter bridge but just as characteristic of the wearer, as are the ears and cheekbones. The lips are tinted a darker color and a ndona (lip