Intersections: Called to Place
Cover art Be Nourished Mosaic by Patrick and Luisa Hansel
Intersections, Number 54, Fall 2021
Intersections is a publication by and largely for the academic communities of the twenty-seven institutions that comprise the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities (NECU). Each issue reflects on the intersection of faith, learning, and teaching within Lutheran higher education. It is published by the NECU, and has its home in the Presidential Center for Faith and Learning at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, the institutional sponsor of the publication. Intersections extends and enhances discussions fostered by the annual Vocation of the Lutheran College Conference, together lifting up the vocation of Lutheran colleges and universities. It aims to raise the level of awareness among faculty, staff, and administration about the Lutheran heritage and church-relatedness of their institutions, especially as these intersect with contemporary challenges, opportunities, and initiatives.
In compelling and inspiring ways, each essay invites educators to the work of caring for students so that they can care for others, and appropriately troubles easy understandings of service, love, and the common good.
Preview essays in this issue with the individual links below:
Where Your Feet are Standing: Institutional Engagement and Place
Melisa Maxwell-Doherty
Community-Building on Campus and Beyond
Krista Hughes
Just Communities: From Liberal Arts in Prison to Radical Healing Over Zoom
Monica Smith
Caught in a Place Between Caesar and God
Darrel D. Colson
Hospitality to the Wild
Laura Hartman
From the Editor Jason Mahn
