Session 1
Evolutionary Christianity in a Digital World
The modern world has ended, not with a bang, but in the dispersion of pixilated images. No less than the printing press centuries ago, today the Internet has changed everything in a digital world of virtual reality. Christian churches have seized the opportunities this new world affords in communications technology but have barely begun to address the challenges this world poses to Christian faith and theology. Crossing the digital divide may well mark the next stage in Christianity’s evolutionary development, but to what end and for whom? To what extent is Christian ministry tied to a modern world that has now all but dissipated? How can institutional Christianity bear witness today to an “unseen hope” (Romans 8:24-25)?
Session 2
Identity, Incarnation and Fluid Fidelity
“Be all you can be” now means both more and less than it once did. It means more in a world of digital manipulation, where reality is “photo shopped” and one can be whatever one chooses. It means less in a world of digital isolation, where one can “be” nowhere in particular and without reference to anyone else. Meanwhile, Christian faith bears witness to embodied, communal encounters with God. What then does it mean to be “Christian” in a world of malleable identities and cyber-personalities? Can an incarnational Christianity find any traction in the midst of virtual bodies? How do we speak of faithfulness, both human and divine, for and among fluid relationships and diverse commitments?
WORSHIP
Thirty-three years ago director Monte Mason formed The Gregorian Singers for Compline at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral, Minneapolis. For over three decades the choir has explored music and plainsong within the context of the Church's liturgies, offered musicians a training ground for chant performance, and provided the church with intimations of some of God's beauty. It’s motto - Sacred Music, Sacred Places.
Concerts, liturgies, shape-note and Norwegian hymns, Spanish Renaissance music, newly composed pieces, all have a spot in the repertoire of The Gregorian Singers, and the Advent Procession and Great Paschal Vespers, are sung nowhere else.
DESTINATION INFORMATION
Light Rail System Map
We are asking that folks make use of the wonderful light rail system.
| (from airport or downtown to Augsburg College) |
- Disembark at the Franklin Avenue Station
- Walk one block east on Franklin Avenue
- One block north on Cedar Avenue
- One block north east on 20th Ave. S. (you will cross over the interstate)
- East on 8th Street to Anderson Hall
If you are arriving at night and want an escort from the rail station to Augsburg, call campus security two stops before you exit: 612-330-1717. Request an escort from the Franklin Light Rail station to Anderson Hall at Augsburg and give them your phone number. They will let you know If there is a Patrol available to meet you at the Franklin Light Rail station.
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| Map of Augsburg College |
- Anderson Hall (#21) – lodging
- Christiansen Center (#5) – meals and student center
- Center for Worship (#8)
- Auditorium for common session (#18)
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Driving direction to Augsburg College
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