Annual Lecture Series

Each year, Luther Seminary hosts several lectures for the benefit of the seminary community. They are commonly held in conjunction with daily chapel services, and the public is welcome to attend. For more information call 651-641-3451. Visit our Events Calendar.

All lectures are held in the Chapel of the Incarnation in the Olson Campus Center. View a campus map.


Aus Memorial Lecture

March 2-3, 2010

Dr. Kenda Creasy Dean
Associate Professor of Youth, Church and Culture
Director, Tennent School of Christian Education

"Generation OMG and the Currency of Hope"

Church in Public Life Lecture

March 17, 2010
11:00 a.m.

The Rev. John A. Nunes
President and CEO, Lutheran World Relief

"Going Public Like a Prophet: The Mandate to Eradicate the Global Threat of Malaria"

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Hein-Fry Lectures

April 22, 2010
Lecture I - 10:00 a.m.
Lecture II - 1:30 p.m., Luther Seminary Faculty Response

Dr. David Rhoads
Professor of New Testament, Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago

"Hearing the Word: Teaching the Bible in the Parish and Beyond"

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Word & World Lecture

September 29, 2010

Elizabeth Marquardt
Vice President for Family Studies
Director of the Center for Marriage and Families
Institute for American Values, New York City

"Between Two Worlds: The Inner Lives of Children of Divorce"

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Andrew S. Burgess Lecture in Global Mission

October 14, 2009

Watch video of 2009 Andrew S. Burgess Lecture

Dr. S. Mark Heim
Samuel Abbot Professor of Christian Theology
Andover Newton Theological School

"Account for the Hope: Mission At Home With Pluralism"

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