Maintaining a Lutheran Identity in a Postmodern World
Instructor: Paul Wendland
Description:
While postmodernism may have passed from the scene as a coherent philosophy, it has left behind ‘the postmodern effect’ a world where the only absolute is that everything is relative to tribe, culture, and one’s personal point of view. How do confessional Lutherans maintain their identity in such a pluralistic environment? In this course we not only explore the challenges of such a world, but ways of speaking the truth of love as we live in it, attempting to understand above all so that we can communicate clearly. We also look at the various hermeneutical lessons to be learned and challenges to be met in the new emphases on the reader, on biblical narrative, and on biblical rhetoric.
This course can be applied to either the New Testament or Pastoral Care focus area of the STM program.
During the Minnesota district-wide satellite event, choose this course as the main item of your agenda. You are welcome to take the course for credit (including assignments and readings outside of class) or you may audit the course (sit in for the material but without the work outside of class). The course will only cost $200 per credit if taken for credit and $100 if taken for audit. All retired pastors are welcome to audit any course free of charge.
Course registration will be available in the Student Information System (SIS) beginning February 4, 2025, and close April 1, 2025. Use the "Login with Office 365 button" once you've received a student account (if you don't already have one) and are logged in to Microsoft 365 with that student account. Need an account? Request one here.
WLS has been granted accreditation with ATS; therefore, the email domain has been changed from firstname.lastname@wisluthsem.org to firstname.lastname@wls.edu. Please use the new email domain to log in to Microsoft 365 and access WLS-related websites (e.g., Library Resources, SIS, SemNet).
For more conference information, please visit the district website.
Online Course Credits: 1.0
Tuition: $400
Course Number: NT5061
Course Credits 1.0
Dates | Term | Location | |
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10/27/2025 to 10/28/2025 | South Central District Fall Satellite Event 2025 | Divine Peace Lutheran, Rockwall, TX | View Courses |
04/29/2025 to 05/01/2025 | Minnesota District Spring Satellite Event 2025 | Kahler Grand Hotel, Rochester, MN | View Courses |