and LSTC students, Noah I. Brown & Company, the LSTC Cantorei and the LSTC Gospel Choir.
J. Kameron Carter presented a key- note speech on “Bonhoeffer’s (and Our) Postracial Blues” for Founder’s Day, Sept. 26, at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley, Calif. Carter looked at the African- American blues-influenced poetry Bonhoeffer wrote in prison and what some have called the dawn- ing of a post-racial condition in the U.S., despite racial realities. Carter, a professor at Duke Divinity School, Durham, N.C., is the author of Race: A Theological Account (Oxford Uni- versity Press, 2008).
National Public Radio interviewed Paul D. Numrich, professor of world religions and interreligious rela- tions at Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, Ohio, for a Novem- ber Morning Edition story, “New Mosques Cropping Up in Chicago, Study Shows.” The topic was part of his sabbatical research.
Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa, hosted a Sept. 29- Oct. 5 continuing education acad- emy for 12 pastors from the Evan- gelical Lutheran Church in Iceland. It included a public presentation reflecting on local ministry and Ice- land’s economic meltdown, during which the church has been a place for people to gather, share stories and provide food for people. Other events included roundtable conver- sations about Iceland and women in ministry, youth ministry, rural min- istry during the 2010 eruption of the volcano Eyjafjallajökull, and the church’s response to atheism.
Mobilizing students to get involved in the ELCA Malaria Campaign (www.
elca.org/malaria), several ELCA
campus ministries, including Penn State, University Park, Pa., and Loui- siana State University, Baton Rouge, held events this fall. At LSU, cam- pus ministry leaders held an October panel discussion on malaria and made plans for a spring 2013 fundraiser— a flag football tournament. At Penn State, students sold light the fire, a CD of the ministry’s worship music. Because of a matching grant, a pur-
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chase of the $10 CD will provide $20 for the campaign.
Lutheran Campus Ministry at the Uni- versity of Colorado–Boulder met Tuesdays this fall for Pub(lic) The- ology, a space for conversation and action. Held at a local coffee pub, discussions have included everything from biblical topics to social media, dating and the theology of maps.
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To be citizens of the world, learning and working with our neighbors at home and abroad.
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