Weter Lectures

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This competitive lecture is one of SPU’s oldest running series. Each year, SPU faculty select one of their own to deliver one of their works at the Annual Weter Lecture. In the spirit of academic conversation, each lecture also features a respondent who engages the topic at hand. The lecture is held…

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    • May 6, 2015 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 25m AVG DURATION
    • 27 EPISODES


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    Sects and Gender: Resistance and Reaction to Cultural Change

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2015 74:58


    2015/04/14. Winifred E. Weter Lecture. Professor of Sociology.

    Sects and Gender: Resistance and Reaction to Cultural Change

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2015 75:05


    2015/04/14. Winifred E. Weter Lecture. Professor of Sociology.

    Philosophical Reflections on the Atonement

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2014 58:57


    2014/04/10. Winifred E. Weter Lecture. Professor of Psychology.

    Philosophical Reflections on the Atonement

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2014 58:56


    2014/04/10. Winifred E. Weter Lecture. Professor of Psychology.

    Youth, Faith, and the Christian University after Moral Therapeutic Deism

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2013 78:30


    2013/04/09. Professor of Christian Ministry, Theology, and Culture. Dr. Jeff Keuss reflects on the effects of the data collected by the National Study of Youth and Religion (NSYR) upon faith communities.

    Youth, Faith, and the Christian University after Moral Therapeutic Deism

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2013 78:23


    2013/04/09. Professor of Christian Ministry, Theology, and Culture. Dr. Jeff Keuss reflects on the effects of the data collected by the National Study of Youth and Religion (NSYR).

    Resurrection of the Body?: Physicalism and the Possibility of Life After Death

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2012 71:58


    2012/04/17. Can a Christian be a Physicalist? And is there a coherent story to tell about how a physical entity can survive bodily death? Evaluates proposals by Christian Philosophers who have answered "yes" to both questions and have gone on to propose theories about the possibility of resurrection given Physicalism. Assistant Professor of Philosophy.

    Resurrection of the Body?: Physicalism and the Possibility of Life After Death

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2012 72:06


    2012/04/17. Can a Christian be a Physicalist? And is there a coherent story to tell about how a physical entity can survive bodily death? Evaluates proposals by Christian Philosophers who have answered "yes" to both questions and have gone on to propose theories about the possibility of resurrection given Physicalism. Assistant Professor of Philosophy.

    A Two-talent Servant in a Five-talent World: Christian vs. Secular Views of Human Potential

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2011 82:12


    04/18/2011. Discusses emerging research in psychology suggesting that a few stable personality characteristics are surprisingly good predictors of job performance, life satisfaction, and longevity. Assc Prof, Ind/Org Psy.

    A Two-talent Servant in a Five-talent World: Christian vs. Secular Views of Human Potential

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2011 82:21


    04/18/2011. Discusses emerging research in psychology suggesting that a few stable personality characteristics are surprisingly good predictors of job performance, life satisfaction, and longevity. Assc Prof, Ind/Org Psy.

    The Chemical Constraints on Creation: Natural Theology and Narritive Resonance

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2010 92:30


    2010/02/02. Describes how the periodic table of the elements and the laws of thermodynamics provide chemical constraints on how life could happen, to the point that we can know much of the procedure of creation. Associate Professor of Biochemistry.

    Toward a Theology of Mental Illness

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2009 69:48


    2009/04/16. Addresses common theological views of mental illness and uses biblical examples of anxiety and depression as a response to Christian myths about mental illness. Associate Professor of Psychology. Winifred E. Weter Lecture.

    Toward a Theology of Mental Illness

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2009 69:48


    2009/04/16. Addresses common theological views of mental illness and uses biblical examples of anxiety and depression as a response to Christian myths about mental illness. Associate Professor of Psychology. Winifred E. Weter Lecture.

    Multiplying Division: A Figural Reading of the Story of the Levite's Concubine

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2008 96:44


    2008/04/10. Examines the story of the Levite's concubine in Judges 19-21 and asks, "What impact should such a story have on how we think of the church and its denominational expressions?" Professor of Old Testament. The Winifred E. Weter Lecture.

    Multiplying Division: A Figural Reading of the Story of the Levite's Concubine

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2008 98:26


    2008/04/10. Examines the story of the Levite's concubine in Judges 19-21 and asks, "What impact should such a story have on how we think of the church and its denominational expressions?" Professor of Old Testament. The Winifred E. Weter Lecture.

    Evangelicals in American Film

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2007 105:38


    2007/04/19. Examines how evangelicals are portrayed in movies and what that means. Associate Professor of Communication. The Winifred E. Weter Lecture.

    Puritanism Meets Greek Orthodoxy

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2007 116:56


    2004/04/22. Examines the theology of Gregory Palamas, a Byzantine Greek Orthodox theologian, and Jonathan Edwards, a New England Puritan minister. The Winifred E. Weter Lecture.

    Does a Company Have a Soul?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2007 88:11


    2006/04/20. Discusses how businesses can reclaim their souls in relation to Martin Buber's ideas about how people treat each other. The Winifred E. Weter Lecture.

    The People of Promise and the People of Hope: A Response to the American Dream

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2007 93:01


    2005/04/14. A reexamination of the compatibility of Christianity and the American dream. The Winifred E. Weter Lecture.

    In a Global World, Who Is My Neighbor?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2007 80:35


    2002/03/01. Outlines the pros and cons of globalization and 3 challenges for the American church. Professor of Sociology. Assistant Professor of Sociology, U. of Oregon. The Winifred E. Weter Lecture.

    Christian Humanism: A Faith for All Seasons

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2007 74:27


    2003/04/03. Exploring the heritage of Christian Renaissance Humanism through the persons of Sir Thomas Moore and Erasmus. Editor & Publisher, Image Journal. Chair of History Department. The Winifred E. Weter Lecture.

    Evangelicals in American Film

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2007 105:33


    2007/04/19. Examines how evangelicals are portrayed in movies and what that means. Associate Professor of Communication. The Winifred E. Weter Lecture.

    Does a Company Have a Soul?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2007 88:16


    2006/04/20. Discusses how businesses can reclaim their souls in relation to Martin Buber's ideas about how people treat each other. The Winifred E. Weter Lecture.

    The People of Promise and the People of Hope: A Response to the American Dream

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2007 108:24


    2005/04/14. A reexamination of the compatibility of Christianity and the American dream. The Winifred E. Weter Lecture.

    Christian Humanism: A Faith for All Seasons

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2007 82:41


    2003/04/03. Exploring the heritage of Christian Renaissance Humanism through the persons of Sir Thomas Moore and Erasmus. Editor & Publisher, Image Journal. Chair of History Department. The Winifred E. Weter Lecture.

    Puritanism Meets Greek Orthodoxy

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2007 121:17


    2004/04/22. Examines the theology of Gregory Palamas, a Byzantine Greek Orthodox theologian, and Jonathan Edwards, a New England Puritan minister. The Winifred E. Weter Lecture.

    In a Global World, Who Is My Neighbor?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2007 80:33


    2002/03/01. Outlines the pros and cons of globalization and 3 challenges for the American church. Professor of Sociology. Assistant Professor of Sociology, U. of Oregon. The Winifred E. Weter Lecture.

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