Friday, October 18th: Author’s Reception and Dinner

A happy-hour reception at the Seminary Ridge Museum and dinner at United Lutheran Seminary will be a chance to meet with Dr. Brandt Hale, author of the Bonhoeffer Curriculum, see the museum, and hear a brief talk on the unfinished work of Reconstruction by Rev. Dr. Martin Otto-Zimmann.

Saturday, October 19th: Public Lectures and Panel Discussion

10 a.m. — Dr. Greg Carey, of Lancaster Theological Seminary, will set the scene for the day with his lecture, “Christian Nationalism: What You Need to Know and How We Can Respond.”

11 a.m. — Dr. Brandt Hale will give a public lecture on Bonhoeffer’s concept of “This-Worldly” Christianity, also known as “religionless” Christianity.

Noon — Lunch — Order a boxed lunch when you register for the day, or dine on your own in Gettysburg.

1:30 p.m. —  A panel discussion will follow lunch to help participants understand the ways in which Bonhoeffer’s theology counters the ways in which Christian Nationalist forces frame “faithful” participation in the public sphere. 

2:45 p.m. — We end our time by coming together around the Word and Sacrament, reminding ourselves of our connection to one another in concrete community and as part of the communion of saints throughout time and space. We are sent nourished and filled, ready for the work we are called to do.

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