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  • Mission: “Educating caring, skillful generalists to be ethical agents for global and local change.” The Pacific Lutheran University Department of Social Work is dedicated to educating individuals

    Mission and Philosophy of the Social Work ProgramMission: “Educating caring, skillful generalists to be ethical agents for global and local change.” The Pacific Lutheran University Department of Social Work is dedicated to educating individuals for social work practice with individuals, families, households, groups, communities and organizations within a generalist framework that is based on a philosophy of social justice, egalitarianism, pluralism, and compassion for the oppressed. The

  • Margaret Murdoch ’24, a  biology  and  religious studies  major with a minor in  gender and sexuality studies,  spent their summer in Seattle alongside some of the nation’s best scientists. Experimenting, analyzing, and observing at  Fred Hutch Cancer Center , they were able to assist in…

    Margaret Murdoch ’24: Contributing to a cure at Fred Hutch Cancer Center Posted by: nicolacs / October 18, 2023 Image: Margaret Murdoch ’24 spent the summer at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center researching acute myeloid leukemia cells. (All photos provided by Murdoch.) October 18, 2023 By Ava EdmondsMarketing and CommunicationsMargaret Murdoch ’24, a biology and religious studies major with a minor in gender and sexuality studies, spent their summer in Seattle alongside some of the nation’s best

  • Tacoma, Wash. (July 17, 2015)— South Sound residents of numerous ethnicities, political persuasions and religious convictions will gather in Tacoma’s Hilltop neighborhood on Saturday, August 1 for the 5th Annual 1000 Man Family March & Festival. This year’s event will feature a special guest, Alana Simmons,…

    Granddaughter of Charleston Shooting Victim to Share About Forgiveness at PLU-Sponsored March & Festival Posted by: Zach Powers / July 17, 2015 July 17, 2015 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTacoma, Wash. (July 17, 2015)— South Sound residents of numerous ethnicities, political persuasions and religious convictions will gather in Tacoma’s Hilltop neighborhood on Saturday, August 1 for the 5th Annual 1000 Man Family March & Festival. This year’s event will feature a special guest

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 28, 2018) – Looking to get the festivities started early? Check out this roundup of holiday events held on campus this year. Nov. 28:   Celebration of Light Pacific Lutheran University’s annual Celebration of light, an exploration of religious and cultural aspects of…

    exploration of religious and cultural aspects of the holiday followed by singing and lighting the trees around Red Square, begins at 4 p.m. Come enjoy this festive and inclusive celebration! Dec. 3: A PLU Christmas in Seattle Tacoma tickets for Winter Rose: A PLU Christmas Concert may have sold out, but there are still seats available for the Seattle rendition of the concert at Benaroya Hall! Come listen to the beautiful sounds of Pacific Lutheran University’s The Choir of the West, University Chorale and

  • Margaret Murdoch ’24, a biology and religious studies major with a minor in gender and sexuality studies, spent their summer in Seattle alongside some of the nation’s best scientists. Experimenting, analyzing, and observing at Fred Hutch Cancer Center , they were able to assist in…

    Margaret Murdoch ’24: Contributing to a cure at Fred Hutch Cancer Center Posted by: Ava Edmonds / October 18, 2023 Image: Margaret Murdoch ’24 spent the summer at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center researching acute myeloid leukemia cells. (All photos provided by Murdoch.) October 18, 2023 By Ava EdmondsMarketing and CommunicationsMargaret Murdoch ’24, a biology and religious studies major with a minor in gender and sexuality studies, spent their summer in Seattle alongside some of the nation’s best

  • Human Rights “I don’t care where you live or what your government is or what your religious beliefs are. You’re a human being, and that means, at a minimum, you need food, water, shelter, health care, freedom.”The end of the world is a place Ingrid…

    December 1, 2009 Human Rights “I don’t care where you live or what your government is or what your religious beliefs are. You’re a human being, and that means, at a minimum, you need food, water, shelter, health care, freedom.”The end of the world is a place Ingrid Ford ’97 knows well. A graduate of PLU’s School of Nursing, she went on to work for Doctors Without Borders for six years, providing medicine to remote villages in Sudan, HIV/AIDS awareness to children in Kenya, even sanitation and

  • Religion students at PLU have the opportunity to explore the history and diversity of religion abroad.

    Study Abroad Religion students at PLU have the opportunity to explore the history and diversity of religion abroad. Greece RELI 213: Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean, GreeceExplore the rich history of ancient Mediterranean religious life in Greece. Dr. Antonios Finitsis will be directing this course in Summer 2021 and J-term 2023. Honolulu, Hawaii RELI 132: Religions of East Asia in Honolulu, HawaiiExplore the religious diversity of Asia in one city. This course is on indefinite hiatus

  • Originally published in 1991 Tertullian, an African Christian writing in the second century of the Church, is perhaps most famous for his defiant one-liner about the resurrection, “I believe it because it is absurd.” The only trouble is: he never wrote those words, and wouldn’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

  • 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,

    253.535.8499 www.plu.edu/religion/ zbarasgm@plu.edu Michael Zbaraschuk, Ph.D., Chair Religion is an attempt to understand the meaning of human existence. Different religious and cultural communities express that meaning in many ways. Located within an ELCA-related university, the Department of Religion stands within a Lutheran Christian and global context. In a university setting this means the serious academic study of the Bible, of the history of the Christian tradition, of Christian theology

  • Since 2016, hate speech and crimes directed at members of the Jewish community in the U.S. have increased sharply.

    Christian and other religious communities have remained silent as attacks have increased. This conference invites participants to consider the religious and political sources that continue to nurture the evil of antisemitism and to join in resisting one of the oldest hatreds in human history. As a Lutheran university committed to thoughtful care for other people and their communities, the opportunity to encourage resistance to any and all forms of hate speech is an integral part of our mission. 11:45am