{"id":9659,"date":"2019-11-21T21:14:46","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T21:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/?p=9659"},"modified":"2019-11-25T14:34:36","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T14:34:36","slug":"2019-20-convocation-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/2019\/11\/21\/2019-20-convocation-series\/","title":{"rendered":"2019\u201320 Convocation Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Augsburg University\u2019s annual convocation series provides dedicated time during the academic year to hear from outstanding leaders and visionaries.<\/p>\n<p>In October, this year\u2019s series kicked off with the Bernhard M. Christensen Symposium featuring Munib Younan, retired bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land and former president of the Lutheran World Federation, and Hamdy El-Sawaf, founder and psychotherapist at the Family Counseling Center and imam of Masjid Al-Iman in Minneapolis. Through their presentations, each shared personal experiences and religious perspectives on hope, reconciliation, and resiliency in the midst of suffering and struggles that often are intensified by religious convictions and differences.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9902\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9902\" style=\"width: 136px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Bishop-Younan-Photograph.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9902\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Bishop-Younan-Photograph.jpg\" alt=\"Bishop Younan Photograph\" width=\"136\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Bishop-Younan-Photograph.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Bishop-Younan-Photograph-768x1152.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 136px) 100vw, 136px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9902\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Munib Younan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9903\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9903\" style=\"width: 138px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Dr.Hamdy_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9903\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Dr.Hamdy_.jpg\" alt=\"Dr.Hamdy\" width=\"138\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Dr.Hamdy_.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Dr.Hamdy_-768x1152.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 138px) 100vw, 138px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9903\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hamdy El-Sawaf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Save the date<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Join us January 20, 2020, for the Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation. All convocation events are free and open to the public. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/augsburg.edu\/convo\">augsburg.edu\/convo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Augsburg University\u2019s annual convocation series provides dedicated time during the academic year to hear from outstanding leaders and visionaries. In October, this year\u2019s series kicked off with the Bernhard M. 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