Per Anderson

Research in Progress

Invited 3000-word entry on "Luther, Martin" for Wiley-Blackwell's 9-12 volume International Encyclopedia of Ethics, due August 2010.

Disciplinary Publications

"Sufficient, Sustainable Lifespan for All" in Theological Foundations in an Age of Biological Intervention, ed. David C. Ratke (Minneapolis: Lutheran University Press, 2008), 67-81.

"Sufficient, Sustainable Lifespan for All: Responsible Biotechnology and ELCA Social Thought," Journal of Lutheran Ethics, January 2008 [http://www.elca.org/jle]

"Agriculture, Food, and Responsible Biotechnology" in Lutheran Ethics at the Intersections of God's One World, ed. Karen L. Bloomquist (Geneva: Lutheran World Federation, 2005), 169-192.

"'Renewing Our Minds' through Moral Deliberation" in Lutheran Ethics at the Intersections of God's One World, ed. Karen L. Bloomquist (Geneva: Lutheran World Federation, 2005), 215-228.

"Deliberation, Holism, and Responsibility: Moral Life in the ELCA," Journal of Lutheran Ethics, September 28, 2001 [http://www.elca.org/jle]

"To Change and to Accept in the Technological Society" in Pain Seeking Understanding: Suffering, Medicine, and Faith, eds. Margaret Mohrmann and Mark Hanson (Cleveland OH: Pilgrim Press, 1999), 126-42.

"In Defense of Unruly Discernment: Moral Deliberation in the ELCA," Currents in Theology and Mission (April 1996): 104-18.

"Reading Luther on Plague in a Technological Age," Word & World (Summer 1993): 277-83.

Arthur C. McGill, Death and Life: An American Theology, edited with an afterword by Charles A. Wilson and Per M. Anderson (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1987)

Worldviews and Warrants: Plurality and Authority in Theology, edited with an introduction by William Schweiker and Per M. Anderson (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1987)

Commissioned Study Papers

"Learning for Life: Liberal Arts at a Lutheran Christian College," Team I, Curriculum Review, Concordia College, 1999. 

"As the Earthball Rises: An Ethical and Theological Appraisal of the Concordia College International Language Villages," Academic Affairs, Concordia College, 1988.

Conference and Consultation Papers

"Sufficient, Sustainable Lifespan for All: Responsible Biotechnology and ELCA Social Thought," Convocation of ELCA Teaching Theologians, Hickory, NC, 2007.

"Transgenic Agriculture and Christian Responsibility: A Framework for Global Ethics," Annual Meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, Phoenix, AZ, 2006.

"Christian Responsibility and Uncertainty: The Question of Precaution," Sunday Science Symposium, ELCA Alliance for Faith, Science, and Technology, Glorieta, NM, 2005.

"Deliberation, Holism, and Responsibility: Moral Life in the ELCA," Annual Meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, Chicago, IL, 2001.

"Toward a 21^st Century Public Church: Getting Beyond ‘Morality Writ Small,'" Board of the Division for Church in Society, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Society, Chicago, IL, 1999.

"In Defense of Unruly Discernment: Moral Deliberation in the ELCA," Convocation of ELCA Teaching Theologians, Division for Ministry, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 1994.

"The Goals of Medicine in a Technological Culture," Goals of Medicine Projrct, Hastings Center, Briarcliff Manor, NY, 1993.

"On the ‘Ragged Edge' of Medical Progress: Daniel Callahan and Problems of Limits," Annual Meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, Philadelphia, PA, 1992.

"Theodicy in a New Key: Technology and the Suffering God," AAR Upper Midwest Regional Meeting, St. Paul, MN, 1987

"Dorothee Soelle:  "Suffering Without a Suffering God?" AAR Upper Midwest Regional Meeting, St. Paul, MN, 1982

Popular Articles

"Christian Responsibility and Uncertainty: The Question of Precaution," Covalence (15 March 2006; http://archive.elca.org/faithandscience/covalence/)

"For a Responsible Society: Churches in Dialogue with Science and Technology," Lutheran Partners (March-April 2000)

"Cultivating the Cool, Critical Gaze: On Saying ‘No' to ‘Dolly' and the Future of the Faith-Science Dialogue," Covalence (May-August 1998)

"AIDS and Our Obligations" Eye of the Needle (January-February 1989)

Book Reviews

Helen Oppenheimer, Making Good: Creation, Tragedy, and Hope in Journal of Religion (October 2003)

Christian Batalden Scharen, Married in the Sight of God: Theology, Ethics and Church Debates Over Homosexuality in Journal of Value Inquiry (2003)

Gordon Graham, Evil and Christian Ethics in Journal of Religion (October 2002)

J. Philip Wogaman and Douglas M. Strong, eds., Readings in Christian Ethics:  A Historical Sourcebook in Religious Studies Review (April 1997)

Kyle A. Pasewark, A Theology of Power: Being Beyond Domination in Journal of Religion (July 1996)

"Experiential Knowledge and Practical Advice," Alastair Campbell, Grant Gillett, and Gareth Jones, Practical Medical Ethics; Arthur L. Caplan, If I Were a Rich Man Could I Buy a Pancreas? and Other Essays on the Ethics of Healthcare; Nancy Dubler and David Nimmons, Ethics on Call:  A Medical Ethicist Shows How to Take Charge of Life and Death Choices in Today's Healthcare System"  in Hastings Center Report (January-February 1994)

Leonard Swidler, The Dialogical Future of Religious Reflection in Journal of Religion (January 1993)

Presentations, Lectures, and Sermons

Lectures, "Genetics and Biotechnology: Where Do We Stand as Christians?"  Synod Theological Day, ELCA NW Minnesota Synod, Dilworth, MN, April 2008.

Lectures, "Genetically Modified Crops and Food: A Conversation about Christian Responsibility," Northern Rockies Theological Institute, Havre and Sidney, MT, March 2008.

Sermon, "Advent," Concordia College Chapel, 2007.

Presentation, "The Influenza Vaccine Shortage: A Panel Discussion," Northern Plains Ethics Institute, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 2004.

Sermon, "Thy Kingdom Come," Concordia College Chapel, 2004.

Sermon, "Adoration and the Death of Jesus in John," Concordia College Chapel, 2004.

Lecture, "Moral Deliberation in the Congregations: Cultural Problems and Lutheran Convictions," Northern Rockies Institute of Theology, Billings, MT, 2004.

Lecture, "Homosexuality and Lutheran Christian Life: A Day of Reflection and Conversation," 2004 Lay Theological Seminar, Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Billings, MT, 2004.

Presentation, "Journey Together Faithfully: ELCA Sexuality Study Training Workshop," Northwestern Minnesota Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in American, Moorhead, MN, 2004.

Presentation, "The Faith Divide, Morality Writ Small, and Other North American Impediments to Global-Intercultural Ethical Deliberation," Organizational Meeting of the Intercultural Ethical Deliberation Project, Lutheran World Federation, Chicago, IL, 2003.

Presentation, "Should We Endorse the Earth Charter?"  Nobel Peace Prize Forum, Concordia College, 2003.

Presentation, "Homosexuality: Moral Teaching of the ELCA," School of Discipleship, Trinity Lutheran Church, Moorhead, MN, 2003.

Presentation, "Ethics of Human Cloning," School of Discipleship, Trinity Lutheran Church, 2002.

Sermon, "Interfaith Dialogue in Our 9-11 World," Concordia College Chapel, 2002.

Sermon, "Dalit Passion," Concordia College Chapel, 2001.

Presentation, "Perspectives from the Religion Department," Meeting of the Commission on Service to Church and Society, Strategic Planning, Concordia College, 2001.

Presentation, "Alan Wolfe and the Problem of ‘Morality Writ Small,'" Meeting of the Town-Gown Board, Northern Plains Ethics Institute, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 2001.

Presentation, "Public Moral Philosophy,"  "Who Is My Neighbor? Concordia College and the Community," Faith, Reason, and World Affairs Symposium, Concordia College, 1999.

Sermon, "Soccer Snacks and Our Special Moment," Concordia College Chapel, 1999.

Presentation, "Sorting Out Something Heard on Public Radio," Futures Forum I, Concordia College, 1998.

Lecture, "Is God Green?  New Lutheran Thinking About Nature," Second Annual Environmental Studies Lecture, Concordia College, 1998.

Sermon, "A New Way on Earth," Concordia College Chapel, 1996.

Lectures, "Environmental Responsibility" and "American Technology," World Seminar, Tri-College University, 1996.

Lecture, "Responsible People, Moral Medicine: Challenges in Our Future," CommuniverCITY, Concordia College, Bloomington, MN, 1995.

Leader, "Diversity, Conflict, and the Common Good," Staff Development Retreat, Division for Church in Society, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 1993.

Presentation, "Religious Studies and Christic Pluralism," Department of Religion, Concordia College, 1991.

Sermon, "The God Who Gives and the Problem of Suicide," Concordia College Chapel, 1990.

Lecture, "North American Apathy in a World of Need," Global University, Global Mission Event, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Moorhead, MN, 1989.

Lecture, "AIDS and Our Attitudes: Reflections on Death, Sex, and Disease," AIDS Awareness Week, Concordia College, 1989.

Lecture, "Christian Sexual Ethics in Crisis," Good News Lutheran Church, Fargo, ND, 1988.

Lectures, "American Marriage, Christian Marriage," Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Moorhead, MN, 1987

Lecture, "God and Suffering in a Technological Culture," Science and Theology Forum, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 1987.

Sermon, "Anxiety," Concordia College Chapel, 1987.

Lectures, "Accidents and Anesthesia: Suffering in an Optimistic Culture," F/M Communiversity, Concordia College, 1987.