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Fall Book Group – America’s Original Sin

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CCV Fall Book Group ā€“ Americaā€™s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America

UPDATE: The book group is now full, and there are no more free books available.

In connection to the September 20Ā , faculty and staff are invited to participate in a book group discussion of Americaā€™s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New AmericaĀ by Jim Wallis.Ā The group will be co-led by Martha E. Stortz, Bernhard M. Christensen Professor of Religion and Vocation, and David Hamilton, Director of Operations and Global Inclusion, CGEE.

The Book Group will meet for brown bag lunch discussion in the Riverside Room from 11:30am-12:30pm onĀ Sept. 7 and Sept.Ā 28.

To receive a free copy of the book, please be sure the dates work for your schedule. Sign up by emailing ccv@augsburg.edu. Once registered, you mayĀ pick up the book in Oren Gateway 106.

Religion at Augsburg – New Faculty Series

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Religion at AugsburgĀ 

Presentation by Pastor Sonja Hagander and Marty Stortz, Professor of Religion

Wednesday, November 11, 12:15-1:15 pm,

Find out how Augsburg’s origins as a seminary in a specific Christian tradition lay the foundations for a rich appreciation of religious and non-religious diversity. All faculty and staff are invited to this next session in the New Faculty Orientation Series brought to you by the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Christensen Center for Vocation.

All are welcome to this brown bag session in the Campus Ministry Seminar Room (Foss 110) – bring your lunch and join us!

CCV Advisory Book and Movie Recommendations

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Movie and Book Recommendations from the CCV Advisory Board

At our recent winter meeting we solicited names of movies and books that come highly recommended by the members of the Board.Ā  Here is the list:

Melissa Pohlman:
Disunity in Christ: Uncovering the Hidden Forces That Keep Us ApartĀ by Christena Cleveland

John Snider:
Eager to Love: The Alternative Way of Francis of AssisiĀ by Richard Rohr

Mark Hanson:
Never Wholly Other: A Muslima Theology of Religious Pluralism Ā by Jerusha Tanner-Lamptey
A Strange Glory: The Life of Dietrich BonhoefferĀ by Charles Marsh

Marty Stortz:
(2005) at Kenyon College
Christoph Schwoebel’s article “Talking Over the Fence.Ā  From Toleration to Dialogue”Ā (for John Clayton on his 60th Birthday), in: NZSTh 45 (2003), 115-130.

Sonja Hagander:
The Round HouseĀ by Louise Erdrich

Diane Jacobson:
The film “— suggested given disagreements about immigration.

Jack Fortin:
Christianity for the Rest of UsĀ by Diana Butler Bass

 

Resources on Vocation: Blogs, Chapel Talks, and More! 2010-2014

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Bernhard M. Christensen

Ā Gracia Grindal, ’65, professor of rhetoric at Luther Seminary, Bernhard M. Christensen Symposium keynote address onĀ Oct. 2, 2010

from the spring 2010 issue of Till & Keep journal.

Blog –Ā The Progress of Pilgrimage

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Lives Explored Videos

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Martha E. Stortz (Bernhard M. Christensen Professor of Religion and Vocation) andĀ Jack Fortin (CCV Senior Fellow) work with the Collegeville Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research on special vocation-related programs.

The Collegeville Institute has createdĀ a helpful video resource forĀ personal and/or small group reflections.Ā “Vocation is the story of our lives: how God calls and how we respond. Lives Explored is a video narrative project started in 2012 to capture stories of vocation from participants in the and programs.”

View theĀ Ā and enjoy these everyday examples of vocation in people’s life and work.

 

 

Vocation as Path: Following the Questions

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Augsburg College hosted Seminary and Divinity School Day on October 28. This event allows regional college studentsĀ to connect, reflect, and explore theological graduate study options with representatives from 18 top-notch seminaries and divinity schools.

Martha E. Stortz, Bernhard M. Christensen Professor of Religion and Vocation, gave the keynote address at the event.

Her message includes several Big QuestionsĀ for reflection, andĀ is available electronically –Ā