A Word the World Needs: Lutheran Theology for Today and Tomorrow

In an age of increasing polarization among Christian communities and a growing gulf between the religiously committed and the entirely secular, is there room for a Christ-centered, historically rooted but inclusive Christian theology that understands Jesus as God’s response to a fearful humanity? What does “being Christian” mean for Lutherans in an increasingly complex world? How can Lutheran theology meet the challenge of a cultural reassessment of sexual norms?

R. Guy Erwin, director of the Segerhammar Center for Faith and Culture and holder of CLU's Gerhard and Olga J. Belgum Chair in Lutheran Confessional Theology, will address these issues and respond to questions from the audience.

Erwin teaches the history of Christianity and Lutheran studies and is internationally recognized as an authority on Martin Luther’s life and thought. An ordained minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, he was educated at Harvard and Yale and the universities of Tübingen and Leipzig in Germany.

Admission is free.