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., Interpreting Bonhoeffer, published by Fortress Press in 2013). Bob also published a talk he gave in Dresden, “The Understanding of Religious Freedom in the United States of America,” in Religion – Staat – Gesellschaft 14/1 (2013). His paper, “The Luther Anniversary of 1933 in the Mirror of U.S. Church Press Reports,” delivered at a conference hosted by the Universities of Oldenburg and Kassel, appeared in the Fall 2013 issue of Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte. A publication set for 2014 involves the paper Bob
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Sharing Passion for Scholarship: The Kelmer Roe Fellowships in the Humanities Posted by: hoskinsk / May 6, 2020 Image: Hillary Vo writing at Mr. Rainier as a part of place-based writing research May 6, 2020 By Caitlin Klutz '22English MajorScholarships make a PLU education possible for many students, and every scholarship has a story.One story begins with Kelmer Roe, an associate professor of Greek and Religion at PLU from 1947 to 1967. In 2004, his relatives Naomi and Don Nothstein and David
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Samish Indian Nation, a Coast Salish nation from Puget Sound. She didn’t know what she wanted to study by the end of her first year at PLU, so she decided to pursue her love of her own Native American heritage and the cultures of other tribes. A group on campus had been working with Crawford-O’Brien, associate professor of religion and culture, to create a new program that would involve the study of Native Americans. But that program was not ready in time for Hall to major in it during her time at
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associate professor of religion taught Christian ethics to students in the U.S. and abroad — at the same time.That’s thanks to PLU Teaching Online (PLUTO), a growing program on campus that prepares faculty to teach a variety of online-only courses as well as blended ones, which combine in-person interactive learning with online preparation and instruction. “It was a lot of work,” O’Brien said. “In a good way.” Online learning opportunities are already available at PLU with the potential for growth. So
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, and the importance of actually doing something to better the world. My next chapter: Graduate school to pursue Sociology…someday. For now, working somewhere locally in order to stay connected to the PLU community, and to help out my home here in Tacoma. Timothy Siburg – Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Religion Why PLU? The liberal arts education, the Lutheran heritage, smaller Class sizes, the great community life, the Lute Family and Legacy (my parents and aunts and uncles are alumni)and
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me,” Zee said. The retired physics professor remembers him well. “He was an excellent student in my physics classes,” Tang recalled. “One day he asked me what he should do in the interim. I suggested that he should join the study tour to Africa. There he saw an elaborate funeral proceeding. This made him think about the deeper meaning of life. After he came back, he decided to study philosophy and religion.” Drawn toward philosophy and religion, Zee fondly remembers another professor George
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problem,” he said of how our species functions with the world. We are now facing not only an environmental crisis, but a “civilization crisis,” he said. Destruction is not a sustainable way of life, he said. Religion has and can play a big role in how the species views itself within the context of the natural world. To sustain and re-vitalize, there must be a religious and a moral transition for the care of a healthy Earth, Rasmussen said. God and the ecosphere must be viewed as a whole. It is the
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scholarship. These talks, intended to be published as a collection of essays, allowed each speaker to review his or her own place in the field. Bob spoke on “Pastors and Professors: Assessing Complicity and Unfolding Complexity,” drawing upon his recent book, Complicity in the Holocaust: Churches and Universities in Nazi Germany (Cambridge, 2012). Ericksen’s connections with the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC continued in 2012. He is Chair of the Committee on Ethics, Religion and the
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lead the course during its past two iterations. When they are not waist-deep in Hawaiʻian tradition, Dr. Hammerstrom and his students take advantage of the diverse breadth of religions and traditions represented in Honolulu, including Buddhism, Daoism, Shintō, Confucianism, folk religion, and Christianity. From visiting churches and temples to Zen meditation workshops, students witness and participate in the ordinary, everyday activities that uphold and honor the traditions of these religions
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blessed ministry of our outgoing bishops, and we pray for our colleagues stepping into new roles with new responsibilities. [ … ] On campus we had the wonderful opportunity to host a lecture and conversation featuring Dr. Reverend Kelly Brown Douglass in February, sponsored by our fabulous Religion Faculty. Our partners in Campus Ministry hosted an Interfaith Seder, the second annual Interfaith Games, a beautiful chapel series on “Wrestling with Blessing”, and the annual People’s Gathering: A
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