United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities and St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church in St. Paul are jointly sponsoring a lecture by the highly esteemed American theologian and ethicist Rev. Dr. Gary Dorrien.
Fall Convocation is an annual event that kick-offs to the new academic year and enables us to celebrate a new faculty member or initiative. This year, we are thrilled to be celebrating the installation of Dr. Demian Wheeler into the Sophia Chair in Religious and Theological Studies. The newly endowed Sophia Chair was made possible through a generous donation from Dr. Mary Farrell Bednarowski, Professor Emerita of Religious Studies (1976–2004), ...
We hope you can join us on September 28 at 4:00 PM for a conversation with Dr. Leah Rampy about living more deeply connected with the Earth in these edge times.
In anticipation of the November event for the Mementos of Failure exhibit at United, curator and current DMin student Tyrone Fowlkes and Dr. Jennifer Awes Freeman will discuss the concept behind the exhibit, the process of curation, and invite attendees to reflect on the complexity and benefits of “failure.” We will gather at 12:15 PM CT with a program beginning at 12:30 PM CT!
Join us for a session led by Jerry Gale from Christians Against Christian Nationalism Minnesota. Christians Against Christian Nationalism was started in 2019 as an initiative of the Baptist Joint Committee on Religious Liberty (BJC). BJC was started in 1936. It is a faith-based advocacy organization, headquartered in Washington DC, that focuses on upholding the historic Baptist principle of religious liberty. Jerry Gale is retired and a member of Hennepin ...
You are invited to the 2024 Hawkinson Fund for Peace and Justice Award Ceremony. Dan Guenthner and Margaret Pennings, Founders of Common Harvest Farm in Osceola, Wisconsin, are the 2024 Honorary Award recipients. Also, five 2024 Hawkinson Peace & Justice Scholarships will be awarded. This event is co-sponsored by the Leadership Center for Social Justice and United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. Parking is available in Grace's garage across ...
Join us October 28 for the Picard Lecture on Environmental Theology and Ethics at United or online. Dr. Kiara Jorgenson, associate professor of Religion and Environmental Studies at St. Olaf College, is this year's speaker.
The decision to pursue a seminary degree involves a process of reflection and discernment. Join United faculty, staff, and current students for an exclusive, interactive Zoom conversation on Wednesday, November 6 at 12:30 PM. Click on the link below to register. Wednesday, November 6, 12:30–1:30 PM Central time During this conversation, you will have the opportunity to experience Zoom as a tool for distance learning and get clear answers to ...
The decision to pursue a seminary degree involves a process of reflection and discernment. Join United faculty, staff, and current students for an exclusive, interactive Zoom conversation on Wednesday, November 6, starting at 6:00 PM. Click on the link below to register. Wednesday, November 6, 6:00–7:00 PM Central time During this conversation, you will have the opportunity to experience Zoom as a tool for distance learning and get clear answers ...
Now that we are a week past the 2024 election, what lessons have we learned? Where do we go from here? How do we reconcile with our neighbors after all the chaos and intensity of the last few months? How do we move forward with peace, grace, and renewed purpose? Join Rev. Dr. Ry Siggelkow, director of the Leadership Center for Social Justice, and Rev. Dr. Justin Sabia-Tanis, associate professor ...
As part of our exhibition Mementos of Failure, we welcome Tyrone Fowlkes, curator and current DMin student in Theology and the Arts, who will reflect on the concept behind the exhibition, as well as the place and meanings of failure in our lives. After a brief presentation, he will be joined by a few panelists to extend the conversation, which will be followed by Q&A and further reflection with the audience. ...
Mahmoud Saleh Mohammadi (b. 1979) is an Iranian artist from Tehran who studied as a painter at the Art University in Tehran and then continued his education at Brera Fine Arts Academy in Italy, graduating in Visual Arts. In his works, he combines the focus, uniformity, and tradition of the (Middle-)East with the Western ideals of creative expression. In many of his pieces, Saleh Mohammadi juxtaposes iconography from Persia to explore ...
