{"id":7302,"date":"2016-12-16T16:48:55","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T16:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/?p=7302"},"modified":"2016-12-16T16:51:06","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T16:51:06","slug":"augsburg-alumni-trip-to-germany-featured-in-star-tribunes-reformation-anniversary-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/2016\/12\/16\/augsburg-alumni-trip-to-germany-featured-in-star-tribunes-reformation-anniversary-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni trip to Germany featured in Star Tribune&#8217;s Protestant Reformation anniversary coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3927\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/03\/StarTrib-e1400513865356.jpeg\" alt=\"Minneapolis Star Tribune - logo\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/>This fall, Augsburg College hosted alumni, faculty, staff, and\u00a0community members for\u00a0an international travel experience\u00a0that took participants to the Czech Republic\u00a0and Germany, which is\u00a0in the midst of a tourism boom\u00a0accompanying the anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. The travelers visited\u00a0Wittenberg, the long-time home of Reformation catalyst Martin Luther, and ventured to historic sites to learn about the origins of the Lutheran faith from Augsburg College Religion Department faculty members <strong>Hans Wiersma<\/strong> and <strong>Lori Brandt Hale<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Star Tribune reporter Jean Hopfensperger and photographer Jerry Holt accompanied the group to chronicle how Minnesotans are observing\u00a0the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in the &#8220;Land of Luther&#8221; in addition to the &#8220;Land of 10,000 Lakes,&#8221; given that religious, arts, and cultural organizations across Minnesota are planning\u00a0special events and exhibits to mark the occasion.<\/p>\n<p>As Hopfensperger wrote, &#8220;Luther\u2019s legacy is particularly deep in Minnesota, and not just because of his followers\u2019 enduring embrace of hymn fests \u2014 often followed by Jell-O and hot dish. One in four residents trace their namesake faith to the monk from Wittenberg.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a Star Tribune story, Augsburg alumnae\u00a0<strong>Carol Pfleiderer <\/strong><strong>&#8217;64 <\/strong>and<strong>\u00a0Kathleen Johnson &#8217;72<\/strong>\u00a0described their excitement with\u00a0the trip itinerary and the ways it reflects and builds upon their understanding of their faith.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Rev. Mark Hanson &#8217;68<\/strong>, the College&#8217;s Executive Director of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/ccv\/\">Christensen Center for Vocation<\/a>, was among other alumni quoted in the article. He described some of the ways the Lutheran church is using the Reformation anniversary to foster Lutheran-Catholic dialogue and to make the church accessible to all people.<\/p>\n<p>Read, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/minnesota-lutherans-at-forefront-of-new-martin-luther-revolution\/405757406\/#1\">Minnesota Lutherans at forefront of new Martin Luther revolution<\/a>&#8221; on the Star Tribune site.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This fall, Augsburg College hosted alumni, faculty, staff, and\u00a0community members for\u00a0an international travel experience\u00a0that took participants to the Czech Republic\u00a0and Germany, which is\u00a0in the midst of a tourism boom\u00a0accompanying the anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. The travelers visited\u00a0Wittenberg, the long-time home of Reformation catalyst Martin Luther, and ventured to historic sites to learn about the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,4,6,7],"tags":[128,3901,3258,1234,1708,3898,3899,3900,2692,2961],"class_list":["post-7302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni","category-faculty","category-donors","category-in-the-news","category-staff","tag-alumni-2","tag-christensen-center-for-vocation","tag-elca","tag-hans-wiersma","tag-lori-brandt-hale","tag-lutheran-church","tag-mark-hanson","tag-religion-department","tag-star-tribune","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7302"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7313,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7302\/revisions\/7313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}