Review: Alumni Spring Convocation 2010

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Spring Convocation 2010

LTSP Alumni Spring Convocation 2010

April 26-28

 "Ecology and Theology:
A Promising Paradigm for
the Life of the Church "
Thank you for an outstanding Spring Convocation!
Videos of Dr. Santmire's talks and highlights of the banquet, plus photos
from Convocation, will be posted here after the event.
We'll let you know through eNews and posting on our
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Almost lost in all the talk about today's global ecological crisis, climate change and all the rest, is any widespread recognition in church circles that a promising new theological paradigm is now available to all our churches, evangelical and catholic: ecological theology. This year's keynote presentations cautiously steer around the torrents of crisis-talk. The goal will be to explore the still, deep waters of the emergent theological paradigm and its promise for church renewal, even as that paradigm also equips the church to be in an advantageous position to address the ecological currents of these times.

Keynote Presenter

The Rev. Dr. H. Paul Santmire '60

During the course of his more than forty years in the ordained ministry in the LCA and then the ELCA, the Rev. Dr. H. Paul Santmire '60 served pastorally in academic, inner-city, and metropolitan settings. Along the way, he also made significant scholarly contributions, mainly in the arena of ecological theology. His 1970 work, Brother Earth: Nature, God, and Ecology in a Time of Crisis (Thomas Nelson) was among the first of its kind. In 1985 he published a study in historical theology, The Travail of Nature: the Ambiguous Ecological Promise of Christian Theology (Fortress), in 2000 an introduction to ecological theology, Nature Reborn: the Ecological and Cosmic Promise of Christian Theology (Fortress), and in 2008 reflections in liturgical theology, Ritualizing Nature: Renewing Christian Liturgy in a Time of Crisis (Fortress). For his complete bibliography, see his Web site www.hpaulsantmire.net. He received LTSP's Distinguished Alumnus/ae Award in 2004. Copies of his Fortress books will be available in the seminary bookstore.

Special Announcements

Memorial Service for Dr. John Kaufmann '44  (2/10/1920 - 12/5/2009)
The Rev. Dr. John KaufmannA memorial service for Dr. John Kaufmann will be included during Morning Prayer on Tuesday, April 27th.  Your written remembrances of John are welcomed and can be posted on the LTSP News blog entry announcing Dr. Kaufmann' death.  These will be compiled with other submissions into a book of remembrance.

Reunion Class Anniversaries celebrated at Spring Convocation are:

1935,1940, 1945, 1950, 1955, 1960, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2009

More information will be provided about your reunion through your class agent.

Distinguished Alumnus/a 2010
The Rev. George E. Handley '56

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