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Ann Boaden

Ann Boaden

Lecturer in English

Augustana College

Ann Boaden has taught literature and creative writing in the English Department of Augustana College (Rock Island) for 44 years. She served on the committee responsible for drafting Augustana’s Five Faith Commitments and assisted with the editing of Thomas Tredway’s book on Conrad Bergendoff’s life and faith. Her book Light and Leaven considers the lives and work of women who helped shape Augustana’s first one hundred years.

Published Articles

Article

Well, Well…Plumbing Our Depths, Telling Our Stories

Ann Boaden

No. 40 · Fall 2014

Beginning with a college visit that turned into a grieving mother’s confidence about her daughter’s last moments, Boaden uses John 4’s well of living water to argue that an interfaith education worthy of the name requires Lutherans to plumb the depths of their own tradition’s wells — with rituals, stories, and seasons intact — before they can see, respectfully, into the wells from which others drink.

Ann Boaden

Published Articles

Well, Well…Plumbing Our Depths, Telling Our Stories