{"id":52172,"date":"2016-01-09T15:05:20","date_gmt":"2016-01-09T15:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/ccv\/?p=52172"},"modified":"2023-01-18T16:10:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T16:10:45","slug":"christensen-symposium-archive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/ccv\/2016\/01\/09\/christensen-symposium-archive\/","title":{"rendered":"Christensen Symposium Archive 1990-2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>WHY DO WE HAVE THE SYMPOSIUM?<\/h2>\n<p>The annual Christensen Symposium-first held in 1990-is made possible through the Christensen Endowment, which was established by alumni and friends of Augsburg to honor Bernhard M. Christensen. As the president of Augsburg College and Seminary from 1938 to 1962, Christensen was a central figure in drawing Augsburg fully into the study of the liberal arts.<\/p>\n<p>The Symposium is designed to reflect and reinforce the principles to which Christensen showed such deep commitment:\u00a0 academic integrity, the Christian Gospel, and a mutually supportive relationship with the church. In addition, it serves as a vehicle for the Augsburg community to explore and apply the five lessons that are Christensen\u2019s legacy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Christian faith liberates minds and lives.<\/li>\n<li>Diversity strengthens vital communities.<\/li>\n<li>Interfaith friendships enrich learning.<\/li>\n<li>The love of Christ draws us to God.<\/li>\n<li>We are called to service in the world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/ccv\/tag\/christensen-symposium\/\">see all Christensen Symposium posts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>2015 \u00a0Living Religion<br \/>\nRichard Rodriguez, author<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>2014 \u00a0\u00a0The spirituality of being a total screw-up<br \/>\n<a title=\"Sarcastic Lutheran Blog\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/nadiabolzweber\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rev. Nadia Bolz-Weber<\/a>, founding pastor of\u00a0House for All Sinners and Saints<\/p>\n<p>2013 \u00a0 Einstein&#8217;s God: Revisiting Science and Religion in a New Century<br \/>\nKrista Tippet, Host\/Producer of\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onbeing.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">On Being<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>2012 \u00a0 The Holiness of Common Ground<br \/>\nEboo Patel, Founder and President,\u00a0Interfaith Youth Core<\/p>\n<p><strong>See a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=djVx-HQrSNM&amp;list=PLEBA503B161B2EE82&amp;index=13&amp;feature=plpp_video&amp;noredirect=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a>\u00a0of Eboo Patel&#8217;s talk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2011\u00a0\u00a0 The Food Fight: Dispute in Biblical Testimony<br \/>\nWalter Brueggemann, Columbia Theological Seminary professor emeritus of Old Testament, minister of the United Church of Christ<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.augsburg.edu\/acfl\/7850%20Christensen%20Symposium%20convo%20poster.pdf\">View the symposium poster<\/a>\u00a0(PDF)<\/p>\n<p>2010\u00a0\u00a0 Devoutly Would He Teach: The Legacy of Bernhard M. Christensen<br \/>\nGracia Grindal, Professor of Rhetoric, Luther Seminary<\/p>\n<p>2009\u00a0\u00a0 The Most Important Number on Earth: Climate Change and Moral Challenge<br \/>\nBill McKibben, Middlebury College<\/p>\n<p>2008\u00a0\u00a0 Costly Discipleship: Forgiveness as a Practice\/ Costly Citizenship: Regarding the Other in a Culture of Fear<br \/>\nMartha E. Stortz, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary\/The Graduate Theological Union<\/p>\n<p>2007\u00a0\u00a0 Everyday Life in Light of the Gospel<br \/>\nRolf Jacobson, Luther Seminary<\/p>\n<p>2006\u00a0\u00a0 Being Christians after Christendom\/Caring for Life in a Violent World<br \/>\nDouglas John Hall, retired, McGill University<\/p>\n<p>2005\u00a0\u00a0 Faith and Politics<br \/>\nGarry Wills, Northwestern University<\/p>\n<p>2004\u00a0\u00a0 Christian Faith and the Liberal Arts<br \/>\nKathleen Norris, poet and writer<\/p>\n<p>2003\u00a0\u00a0 Changing the Business of Business: Vocation in the Marketplace<br \/>\nBrad Anderson, Best Buy Co., Inc.<\/p>\n<p>2002\u00a0\u00a0 How Christian Faith Can Sustain the Life of the Mind<br \/>\nRichard T. Hughes, Pepperdine University<\/p>\n<p>2001\u00a0\u00a0 Global and Local Neighbors: Christian Faith across Cultures<br \/>\nLamin Sanneh, Yale University<\/p>\n<p>2000\u00a0\u00a0 Changing Cosmologies and the Church<br \/>\nOwen Gingerich, Harvard University, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory<\/p>\n<p>1999\u00a0\u00a0 Spiritual and Racial Diversity in the Context of the City<br \/>\nJames Forbes Jr., The Riverside Church, New York<\/p>\n<p>1998\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Faithful Skeptic<br \/>\nDick Hardel, Youth and Family Institute<br \/>\nDonald Juel, Princeton Theological Seminary<\/p>\n<p>1997\u00a0\u00a0 Listening across Differences<br \/>\nMichael Roan, Tandem Project<br \/>\nRoland Miller, Luther Seminary<\/p>\n<p>1996\u00a0\u00a0 The Liberating Arts: Hildegard of Bingen<br \/>\nAnne H. King-Lenzmeier, University of St. Thomas<br \/>\nBruce Wood Holsinger, University of Colorado<\/p>\n<p>1995\u00a0\u00a0 Surprised by Faith: The Spiritual Journey of C.S. Lewis<br \/>\nJames Como, City University of New York<br \/>\nPaul L. Holmer, retired, Yale University<br \/>\nPeter J. Schakel, Hope College<\/p>\n<p>1994\u00a0\u00a0 Discipleship and Life: Dietrich Bonhoeffer<br \/>\nJames Burtness, Luther Seminary<br \/>\nMary Glazener, writer<br \/>\nJonathan Sorum, Lutheran pastor<\/p>\n<p>1993\u00a0\u00a0 How Can a Christian College be Diverse?<br \/>\nGeorge Marsden, University of Notre Dame<\/p>\n<p>1992\u00a0\u00a0 Christian Faith and Public Life<\/p>\n<p>1991\u00a0\u00a0 The Inward Journey<br \/>\nGracia Grindal &#8217;65, Luther Seminary<\/p>\n<p>1990\u00a0\u00a0 Our Calling: A Symposium on Christian Life and Faith<br \/>\nGerald O. Barney, Institute for 21st-Century Studies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHY DO WE HAVE THE SYMPOSIUM? 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