Wartburg Theological Seminary Archives - Science for Seminaries

Reading and Leading in Context: Methods, Media, and Entrepreneurial Practices

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This course is taught by David Hahn at Wartburg Theological Seminary. The congregation is a generative locus of theology. An essential focus of the course is helping students cultivate the capacity and develop the skills needed to generate a “thick description” of congregation and communal contexts for the sake of

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Spiritual Practices

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This course, led by multiple small group leaders at Wartburg Theological Seminary, provides experiences and resources for faith development through plenary sessions, small groups (synchronous and asynchronous), reading a common text, meditating on the Scriptures, and communal and individual faith practices. Spiritual Practices explores classic and contemporary spiritual practices and

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Lutheran Ethics

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This course, taught by Craig Nessan at Wartburg Theological Seminary, examines the field of Christian ethics, paying attention to distinctively Lutheran themes. Presentations and readings examine how Lutheran theology shapes ethical reflection for the church in mission. How do the Word of God, law and gospel, sacraments, liturgy, reason, science,

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