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2024 Holy Land Trip

Join ILT Professor Mark Mattes on a transformative expedition to the Holy Land from May 11-20, 2024! 🌍

This exceptional opportunity allows you to explore the Holy Land if it’s always been a dream of yours! The cost is $4,695 per person (double occupancy), with air from Chicago and airport transfers from Des Moines, Iowa. This price includes travel, entrance fees, food, and the tour bus.

Discover the wonders of Jerusalem, including the Church of the Redeemer, Israel Museum, Temple Mount, Western Wall, Hezekiah’s Tunnel, and the Pool of Siloam. We’ll also visit Bethlehem, the Mount of Olives, Gethsemane, St. Anne’s Church, the Via Dolorosa, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, Masada, and Qumran.

Our journey continues to the Sea of Galilee, Bethsaida, the Jordan River, Korazin, Dan, Caesarea Philippi, Nazareth, and Mount Carmel. 🏞️🙏

This trip will strengthen your faith and bring the Bible to life. Please join us on this incredible adventure!

For a brochure, contact Mark Mattes directly at mmattes@grandview.edu.

Email Dr. Mattes

Livestream Graduation Ceremony

Join us for a special occasion as we livestream our 2023 Graduation Ceremony on Facebook!

Thursday, June 15 at 4 p.m. CST

We’ll honor our exceptional graduates who have worked tirelessly to achieve this significant milestone. Whether you’re a proud loved one, supportive friend, or simply curious, tune in to celebrate their remarkable accomplishments and the bright futures that await them. Mark your calendars and be part of this extraordinary celebration.

Respond to the Facebook event by clicking on the button below and you’ll get a reminder for when we are going live.

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Upcoming Event:

Theologian in Residence Conference

You are invited to participate in Christ School of Theology’s
2023 Theologian in Residence Conference.

On June 12-16, 2023
at the Wilbert Square Event Center in Brookings, SD.

The theme for this year’s conference is focused on Theology and Science topics around Naturalism, Theism and Artificial Intelligence.

If you are interested in these topics and looking for an opportunity to work alongside Christ School of Theology faculty as you engage in your own research, you are encouraged to sign up and be a part of these scholarly/theological discussions. This will be a great opportunity to be a part of a week of fellowship and engagement with your peers, faculty, alumni, and board members.

To register, just click on the button below and fill out the form!

Register Today!

For more information, download the Program Brochure by clicking on the button below.

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Accommodations

We have a block of rooms set aside for conference participants at the Comfort Suites and have negotiated a special price of $91 per night. Conference participants may share rooms if you wish for even greater savings.

Don’t let cost be an obstacle to your being a part of this scholarly event. If you would like to sign up, but just don’t think you can afford it, go ahead and sign up, and let us know of your need by emailing David Patterson at dpatterson@ilt.edu. We will do what we can to make sure you can come and lend your voice to this event.

Theologian in Residence Conference

 

Upcoming Event:

Theologian in Residence Conference

You are cordially invited to participate in Christ School of Theology’s
2023 Theologian in Residence Conference.

On June 12-16, 2023
at the Wilbert Square Event Center in Brookings, SD.

The theme for this year’s conference is focused on Theology and Science topics around Naturalism, Theism and Artificial Intelligence.

If you are interested in these topics and looking for an opportunity to work alongside Christ School of Theology faculty as you engage in your own research, you are encouraged to sign up and be a part of these scholarly/theological discussions. This will be a great opportunity to be a part of a week of fellowship and engagement with your peers, faculty, alumni, and board members.

To register, just click on the button below and fill out the form!

Register Today!

For more information, download the Program Brochure by clicking on the button below.

Download Program Brochure

 

 

Accommodations

We have a block of rooms set aside for conference participants at the Comfort Suites and have negotiated a special price of $91 per night. Conference participants may share rooms if you wish for even greater savings.

Don’t let cost be an obstacle to your being a part of this scholarly event. If you would like to sign up, but just don’t think you can afford it, go ahead and sign up, and let us know of your need by emailing David Patterson at dpatterson@ilt.edu. We will do what we can to make sure you can come and lend your voice to this event.

Summer Seminar

PTE 682, 782: Seminar In Science & Theology (3 credits)

Topic: “Naturalism and Theism: Their implications and approaches with regard to Artificial Intelligence”

June 5th–July 28th on Mondays from 12-2 p.m. CST
and Wednesdays from 9-11 a.m. CST

Sign up now by contacting Joel Williams at jwilliams@ilt.edu.

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About the Course:

When ILT began, we thought that theology and science would be one of its deepest competencies. We put two courses in theology and science in the very first catalogs. There was both a course in theology and science and a seminar in theology and science. These were taught back in 2010 by Greg Peterson and George Tsakaridis. Dennis Bielfeldt taught theology and science 2-3 times at ILT, one in residence in the summer of 2018 or 2019 where there were about 8-10 people in attendance.

This seminar concentrates upon one area or problem in the science and theology discussion, to find parallels, similarities, differences, and in order to compare and contrast what we know concerning each. Topics will vary each time the seminar is offered, and students will have an opportunity to engage in directed reading and research on the topic at the annual Theology in Residence Gathering, even prior to the beginning of the seminar. The topic for this year’s seminar is “Naturalism and Theism: Their implications and approaches with regard to Artificial Intelligence.”

About the Professor:
Dan Hackmann is a Professor and Research Fellow at the Institute of Lutheran Theology and resides in Switzerland!

 


Upcoming Event:

Theology in Residence Gathering

The inaugural meeting of the Christ School of Theology’s Theology in Residence Gathering will take place in the week of June 12-17, 2023, in Brookings, SD.

Christ School of Theology students are invited to join fellow theologians, scholars, and faculty as they engage in personal theological research. Participants will pursue their individual, theological research efforts while refining their research through conversations with fellow scholars and on-site faculty, combined with guided academic coaching and research support from the Christ School of Theology Dean of Library and Research.

The emphasis for this year’s gathering is Theology and Science. Students in the Ph.D. program are encouraged to join us this year to study the relationship between theology and science, and the degree to which these scholarly disciplines are potentially complementary or compatible. Student research in theology and science will serve as preparation for and a prologue to the Seminar in Theology and Science offered this summer.

Introducing a New Course!

HST 825: Before Auschwitz: Theologians under Hitler

Orientation Meeting: June 1, 2023 from 5-7 p.m. 
Schedule will be determined after the orientation meeting. 

Sign up now by contacting Joel Williams at jwilliams@ilt.edu.

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About the Course:
This research seminar is a hybrid model combining elements of independent study and advanced level seminar specially designed to serve mature students with a flexible schedule during the summer months. Building upon Dr. Hinlicky’s 2013 book, this research seminar enables students to probe weaknesses and strengths in the Lutheran tradition of theology made visible by the rise in Germany of Hitlerism in the 1920s and 30s.

Students will become competent analysts and critics of Protestant more particularly Lutheran responses to the rise of Hitlerism. The class is a seminar, meaning that students will present to the class their own research and critical evaluation of selected author and text in the time of the rise of Hitlerism. The class will meet for two sessions in June to discuss two required texts respectively. Thereafter, the course has a significant component of independent study with each student assigned a particular author, text or topic as the basis of his/her research in individual consultation with the instructor followed by a preliminary report to the seminar in July and a final presentation of the seminar paper to the seminar at the end of August.

About the Professor:
Dr. Paul Hinlicky is a Lutheran theologian and prolific author of about a dozen books. He has served congregations in New York and Virginia, and is an eagerly anticipated speaker at church events and academic conferences alike. In his spare time he farms on a piece of once exhausted, now renewing mountain soil in southwestern Virginia.

 


Upcoming Event:

Theology in Residence Gathering

The inaugural meeting of the Christ School of Theology’s Theology in Residence Gathering is taking place on June 12-17, 2023, in Brookings, SD.

Christ School of Theology students are invited to join with fellow theologians, scholars, and faculty as they engage in personal theological research. Participants will pursue their individual, theological research efforts while refining their research through conversations with fellow scholars and on-site faculty, combined with guided academic coaching and research support from the Christ School of Theology Dean of Library and Research.

The emphasis for this year’s gathering is Theology and Science. Students in the Ph.D. program are encouraged to join us this year to study the relationship between theology and science, the degree to which these scholarly disciplines and compatible, the potential complementarity or incompatibility of scientific and theological inquiry? Student research in theology and science will serve as preparation for a Seminar in Theology and Science offered this summer.

Theologian in Residence Gathering

The inaugural meeting of the Christ School of Theology’s Theology in Residence Gathering is taking place on June 12-17, 2023, in Brookings, SD.

Christ School of Theology students are invited to join with fellow theologians, scholars and faculty as they engage in personal theological research. Participants will pursue their individual, theological research efforts while refining their research through conversations with fellow scholars and on-site faculty, combined with guided academic coaching and research support from the Christ School of Theology Dean of Library and Research. Participants and faculty will share a mid-day meal each day of the event where they will be able to enjoy the fellowship that nourishes the body, mind and soul.

This meeting is held in conjunction with Graduation week.
Other activities going on during the week of June 12-17 include:

  • Board Meeting: June 12-14, 2023
  • Alumni Association Dinner: Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at 6:00 p.m.
  • Graduation Ceremony: Thursday, June 15, 2023 at 4:00 p.m.
  • Graduation Dinner: Thursday, June 15, 2023 at 6:00 p.m.
  • Faculty Retreat: June 16 and 17, 2023
Please join us for all or any of these events!
To RSVP, please contact Kelli Anawski by clicking the button below.

RSVP

2023 Graduation Ceremony Date

The date for ILT’s Upcoming Graduation Ceremony is Thursday, June 15, 2023.

This will be the second Graduation Ceremony held in Brookings, SD for ILT students. It is a great opportunity for students and alumni to get together and celebrate their achievements. We are inviting anyone who will graduate this year, or anyone who has graduated in past years and would like to participate in the Graduation Ceremony.

During that week, both the board and faculty will be in Brookings. Students and alumni will have the opportunity to meet in-person with the board, professors and staff. There will also be an Alumni Dinner on Wednesday, June 14, 2023 in the evening.

If you have any questions or would like to RSVP, please contact Leon Miles.


Photos from the 2022 Graduation Week 


Graduation Ceremony


Graduation Reception Dinner with family and friends.


Alumni Dinner

“Faith Alone” Event on September 26 & 27

Join us on September 26 & 27!
The Institute of Lutheran Theology (ILT) joins with the ILT Alumni and Graduate Association (AGA), Societas Crucis (SC), and the Augsburg Lutheran Churches (ALC) in sponsoring the event: “Faith Alone.”

“Faith Alone” explores a religious rebellion in Reformation-era Sweden. It presents the life and death consequences of theological choices.

WHEN:
Monday, September 26, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. through
Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at 4:30 p.m. CDT

WHERE:
Wilbert Square Event Center
931 25th Avenue
Brookings, SD 57006

WHAT:
Rev. Bror Erickson from the 1517.org Speaker’s Bureau is the Featured Speaker. Rev. Erickson presents a work of his ancestral family member, Bo Giertz, bishop of Sweden. Rev. Erickson has translated Bishop Giertz’s fictionalized account, the book “Faith Alone.” It presents the Dacke rebellion in Sweden through the lives of two brothers, who both studied to be priests, but are separated in this civil conflict, forced to live by “faith alone.”

Tickets & More Info

Registration Includes: (On-Site Only)

  • A copy of “Faith Alone” by Bo Giertz
  • Lunch on Monday and Tuesday
  • Refreshments

Watch the Inaugural All-School Graduation Service

Graduation Week 2022

The faculty and staff of ILT hosted the inaugural graduation ceremony in Brookings, SD on June 16, 2022. Eleven graduates from ILT participated in the ceremony. Six of the participants had graduated in previous years and 5 of the graduates are graduating this year. We would like to congratulate all of those who are graduating.

Graduates participating in this ceremony included:

Master of Arts
  • Greg Longtin
  • Leon Miles
Master of Divinity
  • Rebecca Hand
  • Charlotte Hill
  • Teresa Peters
  • Wendy Poch
Master of Sacred Theology
  • Lenae Rasmussen
Doctor of Ministry
  • Richard Lee Blue, Jr.
  • Thomas C. Brown
  • Rod Ford
  • Donald Simmons

Other important meetings all occurred during graduation week. The ILT summer board meeting took place during the two days leading up to the graduation ceremony and the yearly faculty retreat took place the two days after.

The ILT board members met to discuss important issues such as the budget for next year and the possible sale of the ILT property. The faculty gathered to read papers together and discuss important issues concerning students and student learning.

Because ILT faculty and students do not live together on the same campus, many people were able to meet each other in person for the first time. While we can get to know each other very well through the online classroom, we do not get the opportunity to meet face to face very often. It was a wonderful time of fellowship appreciated by all who attended.

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