“Living by Hope in a Secular Age” is the theme of the 33rd Annual Theological Symposium at Concordia Seminary in Saint Louis on September 19-20, 2023. In this symposium, plenaries and sectionals will explore how our hope — our Christian hope in a healed and new Creation — can better shape our life, witness, and engagement with each other in the church and with all our neighbors in the world
The Theological Symposium committee invites proposals for open sectionals during the 32nd Annual Theological Symposium, September 20-21, 2022, at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. The current title and description of the 2022 theme: Search the Scriptures: Finding Christ and Ourselves in the History of Exegesis “You search the Scriptures … it is they that bear witness ..
Editor’s note: this review originally appeared in the Winter 2020 issue of the Concordia Journal. We reprint it here in anticipation of this year’s Theological Symposium, “Whatever is Lovely”: The Role of Beauty in Theology and Ministry, September 21-22, 2021. For more information and to register, go to https://www.csl.edu/resources/continuing-education/theological-symposium/. REDEEMING TRANSCENDENCE IN THE ARTS: Bearing ..
…before he presents at Concordia Seminary’s 2016 Theological Symposium: “From Font to Grave: Catechesis for the Lifelong Disciple” (Sept 20-21)
Videos of the plenary presentations by Steve Joordens and Charlotte Linde, in conjunction with essays published in the Spring 2016 CONCORDIA JOURNAL
The final of four sneak peeks into the main plenary presentations for the 2014 Theological Symposium (September 23-24)
The third of four sneak peeks into the main plenary presentations for the 2014 Theological Symposium (September 23-24)
The second of four sneak peeks into the main plenary presentations for the 2014 Theological Symposium (September 23-24)
The first of four sneak peeks into the main plenary presentations for the 2014 Theological Symposium (September 23-24)
Every year at our theological symposium, we not only hold several public lectures dedicated to the symposium theme (this year it is “Faithful Witness”), but we also invite several special sectional speakers. The 45-minute sectionals aim at fleshing out and deepening our consideration of the topics introduced in the plenaries. This year, as we explore ..
This year’s theme is “Faithful Witness to God’s Story in the World Around Us.” Featured speakers include Charles Arand, Erik Herrmann, Leo Sánchez, Jeff Oschwald, and Will Schumacher
Tuesday night of this year’s Theological Symposium (Sept 23) will feature a Center for Hispanic Studies lecture by Dr. Daisy Machado
The Theological Symposium committee invites proposals for open sectionals during the Theological Symposium, September 23-24, 2014, “Faithful Witness to God’s Story in the World Around Us: Bringing a Unique Perspective to Our Common Human Experiences.”
David Schmitt’s opening plenary at the 2013 Theological Symposium
…for Concordia Seminary’s 2013 Theological Symposium on the theme of “From the Creation to the New Creation: Seeing All Things in Light of the Entire Story.”
“From the Creation to the New Creation” will feature main presenters David Schmitt, Jeff Gibbs, Charles Arand, and Paul Raabe. This year’s Symposium will include a free Advent sermon series on the theme for all registrants