Wartburg College Religion and Philosophy

09/05/2025

Webinar that might be of interest to some of you. Free but registration required. Note differences in time zones:

The Pastoral Leadership in a Time of Christian Nationalism Conference will be held September 23-26, 2025 at Candler School of Theology.

05/29/2025

Scenes from a departmental move, 50% accomplished. Come find the Religion & Philosophy Department on 3rd floor Luther Hall in the fall!

05/24/2025

🧡🖤 A great day to celebrate our Department’s great graduates … Class of 2025!! You did it!!! 🙏🏻

05/19/2025

Dr. Wendland traveled to Dubuque today to celebrate the graduation of the first Accelerated Ministry Program Students from Wartburg Theological Seminary and found a few more "Double Burgers" as well! Congratulations ChyAnne, Jared, Brady, Jackson, Brittney, and Noah! with Wartburg College

04/30/2025

🎓Our Department has a long tradition of creating “double-Burgers” (sometimes with cheese! 😉) … the Wartburg Theological Seminary Class of 2025 features so many of them, including Noah Dodd, Brady Fox, Jared McLey, Jackson Reynolds, Britney Shipman, and ChyAnne Slick! Congrats all 🧡🖤

🎉 Following today’s Chapel, we proudly unveiled the Wartburg Theological Seminary Class of 2025 Composite!

These soon-to-be graduates now join the legacy of generations—scholars, theologians, and leaders whose faithful witness continues to shape the church and the world.

Congratulations, Class of 2025! 👏

04/10/2025

✨Celebrating our Religion major student research today with a great RICE Day morning poster session.

04/08/2025

🖤Last week of classes = Department Oreo tasting!! Post Malone Oreos stole the show this year 😂🧡

03/23/2025

🥳 Celebrated our Department’s graduating majors today! And our outstanding senior in Religion (Alex Morgan) and newest inductees into Theta Alpha Kappa (Jack Willrett & Mikayla Gabrielson-not pictured) … then, we pooled our efforts to make blankets for United Way to distribute to area families in need. 🧡🖤

03/20/2025

✈️ Have you travelled with us? Drop your stories or pics in the comments below!
🧡 Our Department has always offered amazing experiential learning with travel courses and internships. On , consider designating your gift to support the Knights Experience fund so students can continue to benefit from these opportunities long into the future!

03/14/2025

Hey hey! is coming on March 27! What’s in your bag Wartburg College?! 😍🧡🖤🤩
📚Dr. Abbylynn Helgevold has “Politics and the Order of Love: An Augustinian Ethic of Democratic Citizenship” by Eric Gregory ❤️
📚Dr. Caryn Riswold has the reading list from RE460, the Religion Capstone … featuring essential works by Leonardo & Clodovis Boff, Mary Streufert, James Cone, Eboo Patel, and Jacqueline Bussie ❤️

📸 Kristin Wendland

02/18/2025

So much good conversation that we forgot to take a picture! Thanks to Pastor LeAnne Clausen de Montes '00 for joining Methods in Religion class and sharing your own story of faith and social action!

01/20/2025

🧡🖤 Our Department has a poster display in The Burrow today, featuring the Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray. This is part of the Wartburg College MLK Day campus wide tour “Beyond the Spotlight: The Unsung Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement.” 🏳️‍🌈💒