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Theological symposium to focus on reconciliation
February 02, 2007
The annual Winter Theological Symposium comes to the University Center on Wednesday, Feb. 7 from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m.
The event features two guest speakers. Ted Kober is a conflict-management consultant with the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, and will open the evening’s formal program with an address on the symposium’s theme: “Reconciliation: The Calling, Task and Challenge in the Church and in the World.”
The second guest speaker is Charles Amjad-Ali, who is the Martin Luther King Jr. professor for Christian mission and social justice at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minn. Following small-group discussions of Kober’s address, Amjad-Ali will deliver an address on the same theme.
The two men will then jointly take the stage to discuss each other’s ideas, followed by more small-group discussion and an opportunity for the audience to ask questions of the speakers.
TThe event begins with dinner, starting at 5:30 p.m. in Chris Knutzen Hall. The cost to register is $28, but Congregation Relations Director Lee Kluth said students who wish to attend but can’t afford the price tag may forgo dinner and come for the speeches and discussion at no charge. The speeches and discussion begin at 6:15 p.m. in the Scandinavian Cultural Center.
Groups of 10 or more from a congregation or agency will be offered the discounted rate of $20 per person, but advance payment is required to receive the discount.
Kluth said this year’s theme follows similar discussion on the topic of reconciliation at last year’s Winter Theological Symposium. The idea, he said, is to revisit the topic in light of world events and changes relating to reconciliation that have taken place since then.
The event is sponsored by Affiliated Learning Partners, a consortium of Lutheran centers for higher learning, including Concordia University, Luther Seminary, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, PLU and Trinity Lutheran College.
For more information or to register for the symposium, contact Congregation Relations at ext. 7423 or at crel@plu.edu.
The second guest speaker is Charles Amjad-Ali, who is the Martin Luther King Jr. professor for Christian mission and social justice at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minn. Following small-group discussions of Kober’s address, Amjad-Ali will deliver an address on the same theme.
The two men will then jointly take the stage to discuss each other’s ideas, followed by more small-group discussion and an opportunity for the audience to ask questions of the speakers.
TThe event begins with dinner, starting at 5:30 p.m. in Chris Knutzen Hall. The cost to register is $28, but Congregation Relations Director Lee Kluth said students who wish to attend but can’t afford the price tag may forgo dinner and come for the speeches and discussion at no charge. The speeches and discussion begin at 6:15 p.m. in the Scandinavian Cultural Center.
Groups of 10 or more from a congregation or agency will be offered the discounted rate of $20 per person, but advance payment is required to receive the discount.
Kluth said this year’s theme follows similar discussion on the topic of reconciliation at last year’s Winter Theological Symposium. The idea, he said, is to revisit the topic in light of world events and changes relating to reconciliation that have taken place since then.
The event is sponsored by Affiliated Learning Partners, a consortium of Lutheran centers for higher learning, including Concordia University, Luther Seminary, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, PLU and Trinity Lutheran College.
For more information or to register for the symposium, contact Congregation Relations at ext. 7423 or at crel@plu.edu.