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political season marked by the demonization of racial, religious, and ethnic minorities, this conference focuses on the quest for a just vision of life shared in community. Sponsored by the Department of Religion and Lutheran Studies program. MORE INFORMATION Ruth Anderson Public Debate: A Third-Party Vote is a Wasted Vote Oct. 4 | 7 p.m. | Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts The 4th annual Ruth Anderson Public Debate will feature PLU debaters Mariah Collier ‘17 and Charles “Tate” Adams

our assumptions. Can we call the work of equity at PLU — or anywhere — “innovative?” And what does innovation even mean in this context? As a white woman who works with other white people to increase racial literacy — and as a ‘21 graduate of the Rainier Writing Workshop, PLU’s Master of Fine Arts in creative writing program — I’m interested in the semantics of social justice and the idea of challenging default definitions and linguistic habit. A couple of months ago, via Zoom, I met with four

an ethos more favorable to animals, more open to the creature as a living presence. That means more multi-disciplinary study to help us overcome the limitations of perspective in our individual disciplines. It also means more conferences, more panels, more publications, and more courses in universities. I would urge anyone interested in animal issues to read widely (and wildly?) about animals, ranging beyond the confines of particular disciplines. It’s harder to treat a whale as only a linguistic

women and minorities in the decades after WWII. As the YMCA included more minorities and women, it found it harder to promote a coherent understanding of Christian manhood. This shift unintentionally shed light on the racial and class stereotypes built into Christian understandings of masculinity. Pauline Kaurin, Ph.D., and Peter Joyce Department of Philosophy Moral Considerations in Jus in Bello Kelmer-Roe Fellowship This project seeks to apply philosophical methods and insights to the examination