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, Jesus, and the Bible through weekly Bible studies and community building. We seek to provide a safe space for people of all backgrounds and identities to be able to explore our friend Jesus and ask any questions that they may have. We aim to build a strong community at PLU that can extend beyond the boundaries of campus to the greater Parkland and Tacoma area in service, compassion, and love. Type of Club or Organization: Religious/Spiritual Meeting Times & Places (Subject to Change): When: Tuesdays

Learn more about the speakers AuthorBook TitlePublisher Kelly Brown DouglasBlack Bodies and the Justice of God(Orbis, 2015) Reggie WilliamsBonhoeffer's Black Jesus: Harlem Renaissance Theology and an Ethic of Resistance(Baylor University Press, 2014) Beverly Wallace & Paul RosenblattAfrican American Grief(Routledge, 2005) Beverly WallaceTransformative Lutheran Theologies: Feminist, Womanist and Mujerista Perspectives(Fortress, 2010) (not theological) Ta Nehisi CoatesBetween the World and Me

, North Carolina Bio: Dr. Wallace is currently the Assistant Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling at Shaw University Divinity School in Raleigh, North Carolina – the oldest Historical Black University in the South. She is an ordained Lutheran Pastor and was formerly the Assistant to the Bishop for the Southeastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America as well as the former Interim Director of the Lutheran Theological Center in Atlanta housed at the Interdenominational Theological

development, expansion, and contemporary issues. (4) RELI 211 : Religion and Literature of the Hebrew Bible - RL, IT This course introduces students to the critical study of the books in the Hebrew Bible Canon. Students will become familiar with the socio-historical context of these biblical books and their major theological themes; explore in depth a representative selection of Hebrew Bible texts; learn about a variety of historical, theological, and interpretive approaches by means of which to

Back to Page 3On to Page 5 Mother Birdhouse Margaret Matthews Macron pen on paper | 9″ x 12″ babybuddha Lydia Boorsma Ceramics | 10″ x 6″ x6″ Introspection Ricky Haneda Digital photograph | 1800px x 1200 px Cow’s Skull in Gesso and Ink Teagan Janes Gesso and ink | 21″ x 13″ Cowboy Mouse Elizabeth Bankowski Oil on canvas | 11″ x 14″ Portrait of Ian Carl De Jesus Jazper-T Arnett Colored pencil | 10″ x 9″ Float Levia Roskopf Oil on canvas | 16″ x 20″ Green window Lucy Harvey-Smith digital painting

Tanya ErzenTanya Erzen is an Associate Professor of Religion and Gender Studies at the University of Puget Sound and the executive director of the Freedom Education Project Puget Sound, a college program in the Washington Corrections Center for Women.  In 2014, she received a Soros Justice Fellowship from the Open Society Foundation.  Her book God in Captivity: Redemption and Punishment in American Faith-Based Prisons is forthcoming from Beacon Press in 2016.   Her first book, Straight to Jesus

students benefit from an experience of the place where most of them live and all of them learn.  So, I’m working to engage our Parkland neighborhood in my Christian Ethics course. Christian ethics has always been about neighbors.  On the first day of the class, we read the Parable of the Good Samaritan.  It begins when Jesus instructs a questioner to “love your neighbor as yourself” and the questioner responds with a follow-up: “Who is my neighbor?”  In response, Jesus tells a story.  As we talk about

Jesus offering bread from heaven. Samuel Torvend, PLU Religion professor and Christ Church Tacoma preacher, will lead this interactive exploration for preachers and musicians. He is the author of Luther and the Hungry Poor and Still Hungry at the Feast: Eucharistic Justice in the Midst of Affliction. Registration is closed for this free workshop, thank you for your interest. Contact Kendall Jeske, Director of Congregational Engagement, for more information about this event. Resource Document for

TrackTitleComposerLength 1Psalm 36Richard Nance5:15 2This Little Light of Minearr. Moses Hogan4:15 3I Want Jesus to Walk With Mearr. Moses Hogan3:40 4Ride on King Jesusarr. Moses Hogan2:46 5We Shall Walk Through the Valley in PeaceMoses Hogan3:49 6Schlof Main KindAllan E. Naplan4:09 7i thank You God for most this amazing dayEric Whitacre6:11 8An Hour to DanceGwyneth Walker4:12 9Pater NosterJacob Handl3:26 10Our FatherAlexander Gretchaninoff4:33 11Notre PereMaurice Gustave Duruflé3:14 12Pilgrim’s HymnStephen Paulus3:10