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Rob Shedinger

Jesus and Jihad

Are presidential candidates working to wedge an even stronger divide between Christians and Muslims? Can that chasm be repaired? Bob Shedinger thinks we must work together on it if we are to survive as a species.

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David and Hi-Jin Kang Hodge, Luther College guest lecturers

David Hodge and Hi-Jin Kang Hodge to present lecture Oct. 20

Filmmakers and visual artists, David and Hi-Jin Kang Hodge will give the 2015 Oen Fellows lecture at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, in the Recital Hall of the Center for Faith and Life on the Luther campus. The lecture, titled "Impermanence: The Time of Man," is also part of the 2015-16 Religion Forum series and the Paideia Text and Issues Lecture series.

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Rob Shedinger

Confessing murder

Professor Shedinger dissents from a 150-year-old argument only to feel like he's confessing a murder.

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'Resistance to Change in a Theory of Change'

Robert Shedinger, Luther College professor of religion, will discuss the reluctance of evolutionary scientists to re-evaluate the theory of evolution at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, in the Center for Faith and Life Recital Hall on the Luther campus. Shedinger's lecture, "Resistance to Change in a Theory of Change: Religion, Science and Evolutionary Theory's Failure to Evolve," is the opening lecture of the Luther College 2015-16 Religion Forum Series. The event is open to the public with no charge for admission.

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