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Meet Our Newest TPL Alum, Sophie Warnberg

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Meet Sophie Warnberg, class of 2020Sophie Warnberg

Sophie graduated from Augsburg University with a BA in Theology and Public Leadership and a minor in Theater in May 2020. She received departmental honors in Religion with her paper on Creating Congregants: Outdoor Ministry as a Viable Solution to Declining Church Attendance.

During her time at Augsburg Sophie held many leadership positions. She worked as a student assistant in the Christensen Center for Vocation and as a Campus Ministry Deacon and Co-President of AUSM (Augsburg University Student Ministries) with Sarah Hanson (Dec 2019 graduate). She was both a Christensen Scholar and an Interfaith Scholar during her career at Augsburg. Finally, Sophie was graduated with Departmental Honors, thanks to an excellent piece of scholarly work about Spiritual Practices and Camping Ministry.

The last two summers she spent working as a camp counselor in Montana at Flathead Lutheran Bible Camp and is pursuing a professional career in ministry. Sophie was accepted into the ELCA YAGM cohort (Young Adults in Global Mission) for 2020-2021. Due to public health concerns they have postponed YAGM for this coming year. Sophie is keeping her options open for future possibilities by applying to seminary to be a rostered Deacon in the ELCA, working at camp, and planning to be a part of the YAGM cohort in 2021-2022. #WeAreCalled

We are so proud of Sophie and look forward to celebrating her as an Auggie Alumni! #auggiepride

Learn more about our degree in Theology and Public Leadership.

Learn more about our new BA/ MDiv Public Church Scholars program.

Heritage Day 2013

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Vitor-Westhelle-230x300Sunday, November 10, 2013

7:00 p.m – 8:00 p.m.
East Commons (Christensen Center 2nd Floor)

Pre-presentation reception at 6:30 p.m.

Please join the Augsburg community in celebrating the founding of the college. As Augsburg approaches its 150th Anniversary (in 2019), we continue to lift-up important parts of our heritage. This year, we welcome Dr. Vitor Westhelle, who will speak on the question, “What is the Church Called to Say about Money, Jobs, and Politics?” Dr. Westhelle is professor of Systematic Theology at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and the chair of Luther Research at Faculdades-EST, São Leopoldo, Brazil.

Augsburg’s Heritage Day event is an admission-free event, open to all.

Bonhoeffer Display

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Life/Photographs was developed for the Christensen Symposium in September 1994. That year marked the 50th anniversary of the martyrdom of Bonhoeffer. Bonhoeffer was courageous and one of the true heroes of the 20th century.

The Dietrich Bonhoeffer Display is no longer available for travel. Continue reading “Bonhoeffer Display” →

Talking about faith and values

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StedmanWhile Chris Stedman ’08 was studying religion at Augsburg, he avoided engaging in any conversations about the subject of his beliefs, God, or religion. So how did a student who wouldn’t talk about religion manage to graduate, go on to get a master’s degree in religion, and become a prominent and respected voice in interfaith dialogue? He stopped talking about religion and started talking about values.

Read the full article on Inside Augsburg > 

Experiencing faith and justice in El Salvador

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SalvadorBeliefs matter … and students taking Vocation and the Christian Faith (Religion 480) traveled with Professor Bev Stratton to El Salvador in January, 2012. Student Katelyn Danelski reflected on what they experienced—visits to churches, universities, and rural communities—and all that they learned about faith and identity in the midst of social injustice, oppression, and conflict. MORE >

Professor Hans Wiersma retraces Martin Luther’s pilgrimage

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wiersma-walkby Betsey Norgard

Scholars of the Reformation gain deep knowledge by studying the writings of Martin Luther, but for Hans Wiersma it also became experiential when he spent four days walking in the footsteps of Luther’s pilgrimage to Rome 500 years ago.

Just before fall semester classes began, Wiersma joined the project “Here I Walk,” led by Andrew and Sarah Wilson, two Lutheran ecumenical scholars, who retraced the entire 1,085-mile route walked by Luther from the monastery in Erfurt, Germany, to Rome. Wiersma walked with the Wilsons for 66 miles, from Erfurt to Coburg.

Wiersma had met Andrew Wilson at a conference, and what resulted for Wiersma was a fortunate convergence of his disciplinary interest in Reformation studies, his research focus on the early Luther and the Augustinian monks who followed him, and Wiersma’s undergraduate background and continued interest in documentary filmmaking. Continue reading “Professor Hans Wiersma retraces Martin Luther’s pilgrimage” →