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  • Thia Cooper, 2022 Faculty Scholarly Accomplishment Award Winner

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    Thia Cooper (Religion) was selected as the 2022 recipient of the Gustavus Faculty Scholarly Accomplishment Award. Presented each year at Honors Day, this award is the highest accolade a Gustavus faculty member can receive for distinguished scholarly achievements.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Blake Couey and Samuel Kessler

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    Gustavus hosted the Upper Midwest Regional American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature meeting on April 1-2. Blake Couey and Samuel Kessler (both Religion) helped organize the event, and the religion department and Bernhardson Chair in Lutheran Studies were campus sponsors. Over 60 people participated in the meeting, including seven current Gustavus religion…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Marcia Bunge

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    Marcia Bunge (Religion) has published a collection of essays entitled Child Theology: Diverse Methods and Global Perspectives (Orbis Books). Contributors include Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox theologians from six continents. Like feminist, Black, and other liberating forms of theology, child theologies re-evaluate and reinterpret current understandings of Christian faith and life in the light of…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Marcia Bunge

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    Marcia J. Bunge (Religion) has published two chapters in a book that addresses the abuse of Indigenous children in Canada’s residential schools and responds to the “Calls to Action” articulated in the 2015 report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. The book, which includes essays by an interdisciplinary team, is edited by Valerie…

  • Intersections: Number 53 (Spring 2021)

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    Intersections is a publication by and largely for the academic communities of the twenty-seven institutions that comprise the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities (NECU). Each issue reflects on the intersection of faith, learning, and teaching within Lutheran higher education. It is published by the NECU, and has its home in the Presidential Center for Faith…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Blake Couey

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    Blake Couey (Religion) has published two chapters in new reference works for biblical studies from Oxford University Press. His chapter “Poetic Structures in Isaiah” appears in The Oxford Handbook of Isaiah (edited by Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer, 2021), and his chapter “Amos” appears in The Oxford Handbook of the Minor Prophets (edited by Julia M. O’Brien, 2021).

  • Faculty Spotlight: Marcia Bunge

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    Marcia J. Bunge (Religion) received a Curriculum Development Grant from the Interfaith Youth Core (Summer 2019). She was also was appointed Extraordinary Research Professor for a three-year term (2019-2022) at North-West University in South Africa.

  • Marcia Bunge (Religion)

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    Marcia Bunge published an article entitled “Love-songs to Loam: Motivating Youth to Make a Difference by Engaging Religion and Science,” in Advances in Soil Science: Soil Degradation and Restoration in Africa, edited by Rattan Lal and B.A. Stewart.

  • Blake Couey (Religion)

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    Blake Couey presented a paper titled “The Poetry of War in the Biblical Prophets” at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature.

  • Marcia Bunge (Religion)

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    Marcia Bunge gave a public lecture September 6, 2019, on “Nurturing the Spiritual Lives of Children and Youth: Why and How” in the Cathedral of Västerås, Sweden. The lecture was hosted by the Office of Rev. Dr. Mikael Mogren, Bishop of the Diocese of Västerås. While in Scandinavia, Bunge also participated in a conference in…