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An exploration of church and society produced by the United Lutheran Seminary with campuses in Gettysburg and Philadelphia, PA.
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Monday Feb 29, 2016
Looking into the Heavens with an Astrophysicist
Monday Feb 29, 2016
Monday Feb 29, 2016
Astrophysicist Dr. Craig Foltz makes physics come alive in this engaging discussion of the origins of time, how telescopes work, and what it all means for our knowledge of the world and ourselves.
Monday Feb 15, 2016
Better Living through Chemistry
Monday Feb 15, 2016
Monday Feb 15, 2016
As part of our Science for Seminaries series, Dr. Michael Wedlock explains what chemistry is, why it was once called the “central science,” and most importantly, how it helps us better understand and appreciate the world.
Monday Jan 18, 2016
The Ten Top Stories in Religion 2015
Monday Jan 18, 2016
Monday Jan 18, 2016
Dr. Vincent Evener, Visiting Instructor in Reformation and Lutheran Studies at the Gettysburg Seminary discusses his choice of the ten top stories/events in religion for 2015. These include: The visit of Pope Francis, the Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage, issues of violence in particular the A.M.E. church killings in Charleston, South Carolina and terrorism, and immigration. He highlighted his concern for cooperation, openness, constructive endeavors to counter the rhetoric of suspicion and hate.
Monday Jan 04, 2016
Monday Jan 04, 2016
Continuing our focus on “Science in the Seminary” this year, in this episode, Dr. Stephenson offers a basic description of physics and the kinds of things physics teaches us about the world. Then moving into some specific theories about creation, the universe and how it all matters to our understanding of God.
Monday Dec 21, 2015
Geology, Climate Change & Life Today
Monday Dec 21, 2015
Monday Dec 21, 2015
Dr. Principato describes with clarity and precision the importance of geology for understanding our world, and the current state of the climate. She is informative, interesting, and compelling!
Friday Dec 04, 2015
Syria is Serious Business
Friday Dec 04, 2015
Friday Dec 04, 2015
Dennis F. Carter, Career Foreign Service Officer, Department of State addresses several important questions: How is the U.S. and the United Nations handling the refugee crisis? Is there reason to fear the influx of Syrian refugees? What religious ideology drives Isis to detest the “secular state”? Why does Russia support the Assad regime?
Monday Nov 23, 2015
The State of Education
Monday Nov 23, 2015
Monday Nov 23, 2015
Two retired professors of education and school Superintendents, Dr. Wenifort Washington and Dr. Jean Harper discuss the challenges and opportunities in public education. They talked about the need for partnership between the schools and community agencies and institutions including the church. In addition they highlighted the role of the Federal Government in the educational process.
Monday Nov 09, 2015
A Time of Transition: Retirement and the Clergy
Monday Nov 09, 2015
Monday Nov 09, 2015
Pastor Paul Mundey, Senior Pastor at the Frederick Church of the Brethren, discusses the issues of retirement for the clergy. What does retirement mean for the pastor? What are the issues for the congregation? Mundey shares his process of transition into retirement as an example and highlights some of the research and scholars on retirement and transitions in the parish.
Tuesday Sep 01, 2015
Talking Science in the Seminary with a Stuempfle
Tuesday Sep 01, 2015
Tuesday Sep 01, 2015
In this episode, which kicks off our year of “Science in the Seminary,” Kristin Largen talks with Kristin Stuempfle about the importance of dialogue between science and religion. Kris uses the example of her father, Herman Stuempfle who was the President of Gettysburg Seminary from 1976 to 1989. In particular she references the hymn he wrote for her, “Go Forth in Search of Truth.”
Monday Aug 17, 2015
Science for Seminaries
Monday Aug 17, 2015
Monday Aug 17, 2015
Dr. Leonard Hummel, Professor of Pastoral Theology, Gettysburg Seminary, describes a grant from the Templeton Foundation that enables the three “c’s”: competencies in science for seminarians, connections with scientists at other institutions and a core that encourages dialogue with science--for example, the connection between a professor of physics and a professor of Old Testament in a course on Genesis and the origins of the universe.