Current news and information for current Wartburg College religion and philosophy majors, alumni, prospective students, and interested friends.
09/05/2025
Webinar that might be of interest to some of you. Free but registration required. Note differences in time zones:
Pastoral Leadership in a Time of Christian Nationalism 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. 🧡🖤
✈️ 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
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.” 🏳️🌈💒