{"id":4018,"date":"2012-08-12T22:39:36","date_gmt":"2012-08-12T22:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/?page_id=4018"},"modified":"2025-12-02T20:00:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T20:00:02","slug":"hale","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/faculty\/hale\/","title":{"rendered":"Hale, Lori Brandt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Lori Brandt Hale<\/strong> is the Director of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of Religion in the Department of Religion and Philosophy at Augsburg University in Minneapolis, MN. She started teaching at Augsburg in 1998.<\/p>\n

Brandt Hale is the president of the International Bonhoeffer Society – English Language Section Board of Director.<\/p>\n

Together, with W. David Hall, she edited Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Theology, and Political Resistance; <\/em>they also serve as the editors of the Lexington Books series on faith and politics, \u201cFaith and Politics: Political Theology in a New Key.\u201d She is co-author of Bonhoeffer for Armchair Theologians<\/em>, and has written numerous book chapters, articles, presentations, and more on Bonhoeffer\u2019s theology, political resistance, and relevance in contemporary times. In 2024, Brandt Hale published an interactive, multi-week congregational and community curriculum on the lessons of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, underscoring his theological and ethical commitments to neighbor and community.<\/p>\n

Professor Brandt Hale has degrees from the University of Virginia (PhD), University of Chicago Divinity School (MA), and University of Iowa (BA). She has held a number of leadership roles at Augsburg and, in 2022, she received the \u201cFaculty of the Year\u201d Award given by the Augsburg Day Student Government.<\/p>\n

Education<\/h2>\n

Ph.D. University of Virginia (Philosophical Theology)
\nM.A. University of Chicago Divinity School
\nB.A. University of Iowa (History and Religion)<\/p>\n

Select Publications<\/h2>\n

\u201cDietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945)\u201d for T&T Clark Handbook of Modern Theologians <\/em><\/a>(Expected 2025).\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201dLessons from Dietrich Bonhoeffer, With Love for the Coming Generations: A Eulogy,\u201d Touchstone Journal Canada<\/em><\/a> (February 2025).<\/p>\n

\u201dDietrich Bonhoeffer: In the News\u201d<\/a> Blog Post for the Westar Institute (January 2025).<\/p>\n

Scholars\u2019 Statement, co-author: \u201cStop Using Bonhoeffer to Support Christian Nationalism and Political Violence<\/a>,\u201d (Fall 2024).<\/p>\n

\u201dLessons from Dietrich Bonhoeffer in House Divided and a World on Fire.\u201d<\/a> A multi-week, interactive curriculum for congregations and communities (Fall 2024). \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Theology, and Political Resistance,<\/em> with W. David Hall. Lexington Books, 2020.<\/p>\n

Bonhoeffer for Armchair Theologians<\/em><\/a>, with Stephen Haynes. Westminster John Knox
\nPress, 2009. Available in Japanese and Portuguese translations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy is Dietrich Bonhoeffer Relevant Today?\u201d<\/a>\u00a0 Faith and Leadership, an online publication of Duke Divinity School. (November 2019).<\/p>\n

\u201cIs This a Bonhoeffer Moment?\u201d<\/a> with Reggie Williams, Sojourners<\/em> magazine (February 2018).<\/p>\n

\u201cDietrich Bonhoeffer: Political Resistance in Tyrannical Times,\u201d Radical Lutherans \/ Lutheran<\/em><\/a>
\nRadicals<\/em><\/a>, Cascade Books\/Wipf & Stock, 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cLived Theology 101: Exploring the Claim \u2018What We Believe Matters\u2019 with Undergraduates,\u201d
\nAfter 10 Years: The Project on Lived Theology<\/em><\/a>. Oxford University Press, 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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