Oen Fellowship

 

 

"Metamorphosis"
John Maakestad (1928- )
Oil Pastel, 1988
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DEPARTMENT of RELIGION

 

The Oen Fellowship endowed program was established in 1992 through a gift by Ordean and Carol Oen, friends of H. George Anderson, the seventh president of Luther College and presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (1995-2001)

 

 

The Oen Fellowship program invites a distinguished guest lecturer to Luther College biannually to explore and discuss intersections between religion, science, politics, and the arts. Oen Fellows spend three to five days on campus meeting with both faculty and students to discuss issues in both formal and informal settings.


Past Oen Lecturers

 

 

 

 

John F. Haught

Evolution and Faith: What is at Stake?

September 2006

Rita M. Gross

Excuse Me, But What's the Question? Isn't Religious Pluralism Normal?

April 2004

Marc Ellis

What Does It Mean to Be Jewish? Religious Identity and the Search for Peace in the Middle East

April 2003

Elizabeth Morgan

Poetic Justice: The Love Affair Between Literature and Politics

November 2001

Larry Rasmussen

Three Defining Images, One Defining Earth

April 1997

Freeman Dyson

The Scientist As Rebel

April 1995

Gordon Kaufman

Modern Evolutionary Theory and the Reconception of God

April 1994