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Founders Day lectures: Martin Luther goes to school

Augsburg University — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:07:11 +0000

Wondering how a college with Lutheran roots can be great place for people of diverse beliefs to cooperate in the learning enterprise? This year’s Founder’s Day theme, “Brother Martin Goes to School: Luther and the Modern University,” will be sure to enlighten.

Wednesday, November 9, 7:00 p.m.

“Theology of the Cross and Higher Education”

Thursday, November 10, 10:00 a.m.

“Martin Luther and Interfaith Connections on Campus”

Note: Thursday is not a “convocation schedule” day; the second lecture takes place during second hour classes.

Our speaker is Darrell Jodock, Gustavus Adolphus College. He helped found the Institute for Jewish-Christian Understanding (Muhlenberg, PA) and is a recognized expert in inter-faith connection, conversation, and cooperation on college campuses.

The Augsburg College Founders Day Reformation Lectures are sponsored by the Office of the President. According to Paul Pribbenow, “The Founders Day Reformation Lecture, now in its sixth year, connects Augsburg’s history and heritage to the founding of the Lutheran Church and helps us link Luther’s theology to issues we face in living our mission and vision as a college. As we move closer to the 500th anniversary celebration of the Reformation in 2017, these lectures help us build a strong Augsburg tradition around the 95 Theses and the issues of the Reformation that inform our vocational education today.”

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Founders’ Day Lectures Feature Carter Lindberg

Augsburg University — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:32:10 +0000

The 2007 Founders’ Day Lectures on Nov. 6 and 7 feature Dr. Carter Lindberg, scholar of Reformation thought. On Tuesday, Nov. 6, at 7 p.m., Lindberg will speak on “Luther on Capitalism,” and on Wednesday, Nov. 7, at 10:45 a.m., he will speak on “Luther on War.” Both will take place in Hoversten Chapel and are free and open to the public.

A reception at 5:30 p.m. and dinner at 6 p.m. will precede the Tuesday evening lecture, and a luncheon will follow the Wednesday lecture. Reservations are required; contact Hans Wiersma, Religion Department, at wiersma@augsburg.edu or 612-330-1205.

Lindberg is professor emeritus of church history at Boston University School of Theology. He is a renowned scholar of early modern history; his work has focused on the political implications of Reformation thought and the Church’s interaction with society at large. He studied at Augustana College, Rock Island, Ill., and Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago, and earned a PhD in Reformation history at the University of Iowa. He is also author of a number of books on the Reformation.

Augsburg’s Founders’ Day Lectures features themes of the Augsburg Confession and early Reformation themes. This annual two-part lecture is connected to observance of Founders’ Day on Nov. 10 and is sponsored by the Office of the President in collaboration with the Religion Department. For more information on these events, please visit .

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