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Ann M. Svennungsen

Ann M. Svennungsen

Bishop of the Minneapolis Area Synod

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Ann M. Svennungsen is the Bishop of the Minneapolis Area Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. At the time of her presentation at the 2011 Vocation of a Lutheran College conference, she was the Interim College Pastor at St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota.

Published Articles

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Why Lutheran Colleges Need to Engage Civil Society

Ann M. Svennungsen

No. 35 · Spring 2012

Svennungsen makes the case that Lutheran colleges must engage the larger civil sphere, drawing on her work with The Presidents’ Pledge Against Global Poverty, Darrell Jodock’s seven fundamental experiences for vocational discernment, David Brooks on civility and modesty, and Michael Sandel’s argument that the affluent are seceding from public life. She urges Lutheran educators to invest in the infrastructure of civic renewal so that service-learning and civic engagement remain central to the Lutheran college curriculum.

Ann M. Svennungsen

Published Articles

Why Lutheran Colleges Need to Engage Civil Society