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Carl Hughes

Carl Hughes

Associate Professor of Theology

Texas Lutheran University

Carl Hughes is Associate Professor of Theology at Texas Lutheran University in Seguin, Texas. This essay was first published in slightly altered form in the San Antonio Express-News on April 5, 2020.

Published Articles

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Learning from Luther on Covid-19

Carl Hughes

No. 52 · Fall 2020

Reading Martin Luther’s 1527 treatise “Whether One May Flee from a Deadly Plague,” Hughes finds practical and spiritual guidance for a pandemic age: serve the neighbor, follow medical experts, honor those whose vocations put them at risk, and trust that even when we fail, God will not abandon the community.
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The Dangers of "Vocation" for Students Thinking about Career

Carl Hughes

No. 41 · Spring 2015

Hughes warns that Lutherans too often use “vocation” as a theologically glorified synonym for a fulfilling career — a misuse that constricts God’s call to our jobs and excludes minimum-wage workers, caregivers, and others from the dignity of calling. Recovering Luther’s expansive understanding, he argues that vocation refers first to people, not professions, and must always be bigger than any one aspect of our lives.

Carl Hughes

Published Articles

Learning from Luther on Covid-19

The Dangers of "Vocation" for Students Thinking about Career