Pacifica Synod - ELCA
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E-mail: Office@pacificasynod.org
Professional Leaders'
Conference 2011

October 24-27
Embassy Suites
Palm Desert

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Guest Speakers:
Douglas John Hall is emeritus Professor of Theology at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. Among the most widely read theologians in North America, Hall has
written many popular and acclaimed works, including Why Christian? (1998), The Cross in our Context (2003), and Bound and Free (2005), as well as a full-scale trilogy in systematic theology: Thinking the Faith (1991), Professing the Faith (1996), and Confessing the Faith (1998), all from Fortress Press.
Link to Augsburg: http://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/itemcontributor.jsp?contributorcode=51

The Rev. Dr. Mary Hinkle Shore received a B. A. from Capital University, an M. Div. from LutherNorthwestern Theological Seminary, and a Ph. D. from Duke University. She has beenone of the professors of New Testament at Luther Seminary since 1997. Before beginning her Ph. D., she served congregations in Woodworth, Pingree, and Pettibone, North Dakota, as well as in Fargo.

Hinkle has written and presented on biblical imagination and served as a writer of a WELCA Bible Study on the Gospel of John. She also wrote Signs of Belonging for the Lutheran Voices series from Augsburg Fortress. She is currently at work on a book exploring the special challenges and opportunities of preaching from the letters of Paul.
Embassy Suites
Palm Desert
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