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Grad School Q & A: Jordan Luther ’15 at Vanderbilt Divinity School

June 20, 2018Last updated June 21, 2018 by admin

Jordan Luther, a 2015 graduate of EMU with a degree in Bible and religion, is earning a Master of Divinity degree at Vanderbilt Divinity School. He contributed to an ongoing series

Grad School Q & A: Blair Wilner ’13, on studying theology at Duke Divinity School and UVa.

November 28, 2017Last updated March 7, 2018 by admin

Addison Blair Wilner, a 2013 Bible and religion graduate of Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in religious studies at the University of Virginia. He

Musician Russell James Pyle ’03 spends November as artist-in-residence at Big Bend National Park

December 12, 2016Last updated November 20, 2019 by Randi B. Hagi

Editor’s note: The somewhat unorthodox narrative of the following article deserves explanation. Staff writer Randi B. Hagi was regrettably unable to travel 1,750 miles for an in-person interview with New

Reformation documentary features four EMU experts on religion, history and peacebuilding

November 11, 2016Last updated March 28, 2017 by Randi B. Hagi

Four faculty and staff at Eastern Mennonite University are interviewed in a documentary about the Protestant Reformation, This Changed Everything: 500 Years of Reformation. The documentary, released in September, is

Practititioner-in-Residence David Myers shares 30 years experience in government, non-profit and pastoral leadership

December 15, 2015Last updated December 23, 2015 by Lauren Jefferson

David Myers last visited Eastern Mennonite University in 2014 for a one-day visit that included a seminary chapel presentation – “not a sermon,” he said at the time, “but a

Konrad Wert, a.k.a. Possessed by Paul James, draws spotlight from Billboard charts, NPR and NY Times before returning (yet again) to EMU

January 13, 2015Last updated January 19, 2015 by Andrew Jenner

It was 1994 when Konrad Wert ’01 arrived at Eastern Mennonite University for the first time, and he didn’t stay long. Iffy about college from the start, he left after his

Mennonite professor and Israeli philosopher debate pacifism, violence and resistance to evil

October 4, 2013Last updated November 5, 2013 by Andrew Jenner

In front of a packed audience at the Common Grounds coffeehouse, an Israeli philosopher and a Mennonite theologian sat down to debate the ethics of pacifism and violence, approaching the

Bible Students Explore Emerging Church, Set Future Foundation

March 30, 2012Last updated September 17, 2014 by Mike Zucconi

Bible students are different now than they were in the 1990s when Peter Dula was a student at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). Students now, says Dula, Bible and religion department

Peace Lecturer Questions Need of World War II

October 27, 2011Last updated October 31, 2011 by Scott Borgelt

Article courtesy Bluffton University BLUFFTON, Ohio—The necessity of World War II isn’t as clear-cut as widely believed, Bluffton University’s Keeney Peace Lecturer told a campus audience Oct. 25. The reasons

EMU Staff Relish Weekly Programs on WEMC Radio

December 7, 2009 by Jim Bishop

They are three men on a mission – seeking to serve up an appetizing smorgasbord of eclectic music that may otherwise not hit the local radio airwaves. John L. Horst,

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