Academic Forum Schedule:

9:00 a. m. Gretchen M. Freese, M.Div. Senior
“N. F. S. Grundtvig: Ecumenism in the Christian Church through the Apostle’s Creed and the Sacraments”

9:30 a. m. Jay M. McDivitt, M.Div. Senior
“Church that Matters: On the Discursive Limits of the Eucharistic Body of Christ”

10:00 a.m. Meghan Calhoun Johnston, M.Div. Intern
“Incarnation in Films”

10:30 a.m. Sarah Lee Stadler-Ammon, M.Div. Senior
“Learning Humility: Feminist and Systematic Theological Methodologies in Conversation”

11:00 a.m. Anthony M. Bateza, M.Div. Senior
“Mestizaje Journey: At the Crossroads of Genetics, Race, and Theology in the 21st Century”

11:30 a.m. Liv B. Larson Andrews, M.Div. Senior
“Spiritual Practices and the Reading of Scripture”

12:00-12:30 p. m. Lunch Break

12:30 p. m. Tabea Baader, M.A.
“The Proclamation of the Suffering Servant in Isaiah 52:13-53:12”

1:00 p. m. James D. Bartels, M.A.
"Emergence, Complexity, and God: A New Step in the Science and Religion Dialogue?"

1:30 p.m. Manuél Ceglarek, M.A. 2005
“Fleeing from the World: The Real Identity of the Opponents in Colossians”
Winner: 2005 Krentz Prize Winner

2:00 p.m. Peter S. Perry, Ph.D.
“The Rhetoric of Quoting a Hymn: Colossians 1:15-20”
Winner: 2005 Krentz Prize Winner

2:30 p. m. Robert C. Saler, M.Div. Intern
“Hidden Voices, Enduring Witness: The Lutheran Confessions and Contemporary Hermeneutics”
Winner: 2004 Lutheran Confessions Prize Winner

The Academic Forum is a new initiative by LSTC faculty and students, in consultation with the Th.M./Ph.D. Committee, the Graduate Studies Office, the Community Life Office, and the Directors of the M.A. and M.Div. Programs. GSA and CORE representatives have also been contacted with a request for sponsorship.

For more information about Community Life at LSTC contact:

Dean of Community
Office: Room 325
Phone: (773) 256-0756

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