Jennifer Wojciechowski led a study course in Germany to provide a cultural immersion experience focused on Luther\u2019s context, his life, and his theology through visiting locations that were important in both Luther\u2019s life and in the early years of the German Reformation.<\/p>\n
Professor Matt Skinner taught a for-credit travel course next year centered around a trip to Istanbul and the breathtaking excavated ruins of several ancient cities including Ephesus, Pergamum, Sardis, and Alexandria Troas.<\/p>\n
Professor Guillermo Hansen led a study course in Guatemala and Mexico. Through an immersive field experience, this course explored the history and mission of our companion Lutheran churches and ecumenical partners in these countries, focusing particularly on their ministry with indigenous peoples, migration, and human rights. The course also familiarized students with the historical, social, and cultural features of this region through visits to archeological sites (Tikal, Templo Mayor in Mexico City), attending lectures\/round-tables with local leaders and scholars, as well as experiencing several cultural-historical venues\u2014Antigua, Anthropological Museum in Mexico City, the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and mores.<\/p>\n
Mark Tranvik, professor of Reformation history and theology, led a study trip to Wittenberg, Germany, and surrounding sites. With a home base in Wittenberg, the city where Luther lived, taught and preached for much of his life, students also visited surrounding sites of interest in Berlin, Torgau, Buchenwald, Erfurt, Eisenach, Leipzig, Eisleben, and Dresden. The course also covered the experiences of Germany in the recent past, including the Nazi period and the Holocaust, the 1989 peaceful revolution, and the issues surrounding immigration.<\/p>\n
In this course led by Professor Andrew Root, students were immersed in Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s life, theology, youth ministry, and resistance through an integrative mix of lectures, tours, conversations, and experiential learning set in the Bonhoeffer family home and various museums and sites all around the historic and vibrant city of Berlin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Martin Luther\u2019s Germany: A Journey through the Reformation-January 2026 Jennifer Wojciechowski led a study course in Germany to provide a cultural immersion experience focused on Luther\u2019s context, his life, and his theology through visiting locations that were important in both Luther\u2019s life and in the early years of the German Reformation. The Early Church and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":1455,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-1550","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n