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.
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Andrew S. Burgess
Lecture in Global Mission - November
5, 2008 |
The Gospel and Ethics Revisited: Pre-Christendom Faith
in a Post-Christendom WorldDr. Jonathan J. Bonk
Executive Director, Overseas Ministries Study Center; Editor, International Bulletin of Missionary Research; Project Director, Dictionary of African Christian Biography
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View the 2007 Burgess lecture:
 October
10, 2007: The Quotidian and the Mission of the Church: Saving
Souls, Feeding Bodies, Healing Lives
The Rev. Wanda Deifelt,
Ph.D.,
Associate
Professor of Religion, Luther College in Decorah, Iowa
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Church in Public Life Lecture -
October 1, 2008 |
Rev. Dr. Mark Hanson
Presiding Bishop, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
11:00 a.m.
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Word &
World Lecture
- October 15, 2008 |
Dr. Ellen F. Davis
Professor of Bible and Practical Theology,
Duke Divinity School
"Becoming Human: Biblical Interpretation and Ecological Responsibility"
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the 2007 Word & World Lecture:
November 7, 2007:
The New Green Christianity: Why the Church is Vital
to Saving the Earth
Mark I. Wallace, Ph.D.,
Professor of religion and member of the Interpretation Theory
Committee and the Environmental Studies Committee at
Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania
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Aus Memorial Lecture -
Feb. 10-11, 2009 |
Dr. Greg Boyd
Senior Pastor, Woodland Hills Church, St. Paul, Minn.10:00 a.m.
Tuesday
10:00 a.m. Wednesday, Chapel
11:00 a.m. Wednesday
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the 2008 Aus Memorial Lectures:
March 11-12, 2008: Is the Great Commission Still Valid for Lutherans? Is
Luther's Way of Thinking Missional?
Dr. Robert A.
Kolb, Mission Professor of Systematic Theology; Director of the
Institute for Mission Studies, Concordia Seminary - St. Louis
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Hein-Fry Lectures - April
22, 2009 |
Dr. Steed Davidson
Assistant Professor of Old Testament,
Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary
“Hearing the Word: Lutheran Perspectives on Biblical Interpretation”
Lecture I - 10:45 a.m.
Lecture II - 1:15 p.m.
Lecture III - 2:15 p.m., Faculty Response
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View the 2008 Hein-Fry Lectures:
 April
16 , 2008: Living Together in the 21st Century: Lutherans and World
Christianities
Dr. Lamin Sanneh, D. Willis James Professor of Missions and World Christianity &
Professor of History,
Yale Divinity School
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