Shedinger asks: what if we start viewing depression and anxiety as responses to life experiences... what if we listen to the messages encoded in peoples' pain and resist the temptation to simply medicate it away?
Luther will host an Interfaith Symposium on March 2 and 3. The event will feature worship services, Q&A sessions, and a panel discussion with Paul Knitter, Malcolm Nazareth, and Najeeba Syeed.
How do we find meaning and significance relevant to our times within the historic account of the Reformation? Luther College Associate Professor of History Robert Christman answers that in his first Ideas and Creations blog post of 2016.
In times of change and uncertainty, human minds turn towards the age-old questions that have plagued them since the beginning of human thought. Who are we? Why are we here? And what are we here for? Gereon Kopf, Luther College professor of religion, will discuss how we develop identities and their psychological, political, moral and religious dimensions at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9, in the Center for Faith and Life Recital Hall on the Luther campus.
Shedinger grants us access to a guest column recently printed in the Cedar Rapids Gazette. He implores us, "... my interfaith Christmas wish is that my fellow Iowans — especially those who are Christian — will use this season of peace, joy and goodwill to be a light to the rest of the nation"
Having privilege means being inconvenienced. Professor Green explains why it's OK to be inconvenienced and why we should tackle divisive topics at any time of year.
Professor Todd Green reflects on the recent Paris attacks and argues that standing with Paris also means standing with the many Muslim victims of ISIS.
Professor Kopf asks us to examine the unthinkable and talk about the unspeakable in his Nov. 9 post reflecting on evil and Reichskristallnacht or the Night of Broken Glass/Crystal Night.