Disputationes

It was regular practice in the medieval university for faculty and students to engage in the art of disputation. This blog presupposes the corporate nature of the theological enterprise, supposing that theology, particularly Lutheran theology, can once again clarify its truth claims and provide rational justification for its positions.

Saturday, April 19, 2025

Why ATS Accreditation?

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I am sometimes asked, "Why did you seek Association of Theological Schools (ATS) accreditation for ILT's Christ School of Theology?...
Sunday, December 22, 2024

What will the Institute of Lutheran Theology Become?

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Some of you ask about the future of the Institute of Lutheran Theology and what we are doing now to actualize that future. The Institute of ...
Thursday, April 04, 2024

Announcing VERBA VITAE

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Sunday, February 04, 2024

Preamble to a Phenomenology of Congregational Life

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Oftentimes we don't know what we have lost until we don't have it.  The phenomenological movement attempted to uncover the fundament...
Sunday, January 21, 2024

Cross-Pressuring within the Congregation

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Something extraordinary still happens our time, a time characterized by an intellectual and cultural horizon that seems inimical to its occu...
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Friday, January 19, 2024

The Contemporary Ethos of Congregational Life in North America: What to make of Science?

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In a recent series of posts, I have been reflecting about congregational life in North America and have suggested that what happens in local...
Tuesday, January 16, 2024

The Contemporary Ethos in which Congregational Life Happens: The Problem of God

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We have in the last two posts been reflecting about congregational life in North America.  In the post entitled Putting the Focus Back on Co...
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Dennis Bielfeldt
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President of the Institute of Lutheran Theology and Director of the Christ School of Theology PhD Program
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