Conference Videos
Section I: Luther’s Global Impact with Keynote Speakers (from Feb. 21, 2008)
Risto Saarinen (University of Helsinki): “Luther: The Urban Legend” - Video
Peter C. Hodgson (Vanderbilt University): “Luther and Freedom” - Video
Discussion moderated by Richard Kieckhefer (Northwestern University) - Video
Section II: Living in the Midst of Horrors (from Feb. 22, 2008)
James W. Jones (Rutgers University): “Contemporary Psychological Reflections on Luther and his Theology” and Volker Leppin (University of Jena): “Punishing God—Freeing God in Luther” - Video
Krista Duttenhaver (University of Notre Dame): “ ’Stretched Out With Christ’: Martin Luther and Simone Weil on Suffering and Love” - Video
Jacqueline Bussie (Capital University): “ ‘A Dream with a Sequel’ or the ‘Coming Summer’?: Martin Luther on Hope for the World” - Video
Discussion moderated by Peter Hayes (Northwestern University) - Video
Section III: Rhetoric, Emotions, and Reason (from Feb. 22, 2008)
Birgit Stolt (Upsaala) (University of Stockholm): “Luther’s Faith of ‘The Heart’: Experience, Emotion, and Reason” (unable to attend)
Christine Helmer (Northwestern University): “Honest Truth and Liberal Love” - Video
Peter J. Burgard (Harvard University): “Masterful Rhetoric: The Logic of Authority and Subjection in Luther” - Video
Hans-Peter Grosshans (Geneva/Tübingen): “Human Reason: A Sun in the Twilight of Human Life” - Video
Discussion moderated by Peter Fenves (Northwestern University) - Video
Section IV: Continuity and Novelty (from Feb. 23, 2008)
Theodor Dieter (Center of Ecumenical Research, Strasbourg): “Why Does Luther’s Doctrine of Justification Matter?” - Video
Paul Helmer (McGill University): “Liturgy as Liberation: Luther and Worship Music” - Video
Antti Raunio (University of Helsinki): “Looking for the Good of Neighbor: Luther’s Social Theology in the Contemporary World” - Video
Ronald Thiemann (Harvard University): “Luther’s Theology of the Cross: Resource for a Theology of Religions?” - Video
Discussion moderated by Frank C. Senn (Immanuel Lutheran Church/Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary) - Video
Section V: Politics and Power (from Feb. 23, 2008)
Christiane Tietz (University of Tübingen): “Peasants and Politics” - Video
Allen G. Jorgenson (Waterloo Lutheran Seminary): “The Priesthood of All Believers as the Congregatio Fidelium and Vox Christi” - Video
Vitor Westhelle (Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago): “Power and Politics: Incursions in Luther’s Theology” - Video
Discussion moderated by Cristina Traina (Northwestern University) - Video
Section VI: Luther and Contemporary Global Religions
Keynote Lecture by Bishop Munib A. Younan (Jordan): “Reforming Luther: Toward Prophetic Interfaith Dialogue for Life” - Video
Panel discussion moderated by Robert A. Orsi (Northwestern University),
G. Sujin Pak (Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary) - Video
Benjamin Sommer (Northwestern University) - Video
M. Sani Umar (Northwestern University) - Video
Kenneth Vaux (Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary) - Video
Music Concert: “Christ is Arisen”: A Historical Survey of Victimae paschali laudes (program created by Paul Helmer) at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Evanston
Andrew Lewis conducts the Bella Voce choir (not available on the web; look for CD recording with the book The Global Luther)
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