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Reformation Day at Emory

Reformation Day at Emory is a longstanding celebration of the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection, held annually the final week of October. For 2020, Reformation Day at Emory was a fully virtual experience. For 2021, most of our programming was virtual, though our worship service was in person. Below you can see some of our programming from 2021, and below that you can see the events of Reformation Day, 2019, our most recent in-person celebration. We are hopeful that 2022 will mark a return to a fully in-person Reformation Day at Emory.  

 

Revisiting Reformation Day, 2021

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Reformation Day 2021 Worship 

For the past few years, the Reformation Day at Emory worship service has featured some of the best preachers in the Lutheran church. On October 28, 2021, we were led in a service of the word by Rev. Jonathan Hemphill, Assistant to the Bishop for Congregational Life in the Southeastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.  

Reformation Day 2021 - Service of Word - Rev. Jonathan Hemphill - 10.28.2021 from Candler School of Theology on Vimeo.

Kessler Conversations

Named after the world-renowned Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection held at Pitts Theology Library, these online, 30-45 minute conversations offer opportunities for the general public to learn about the events in Europe the 16th century and to consider what they may tell us about the issues facing our communities. Conversations in a given academic semester focus on a single contemporary theme and trace it back to the Reformers. These conversations are free and open to the public, but registration is required. Please click to view each event below.

At Least Germans Are Honest? Martin Luther's Appeals to Ethnic Identity and Implications for Social Justice
A Kessler Conversation with Dr. Anthony Bateza

Luther and Islam
A Kessler Conversation with Dr. David D. Grafton

 

Luther, Jews, and Judaism: Possibilities for Rethinking Interreligious Engagement
A Kessler Conversation with Dr. Dean P. Bell

Revisiting Reformation Day, 2019

The 32rd annual Reformation Day at Emory was held on Tuesday, October 29th. This year’s program explored the theme “The Story of Our Books: Producing, Collecting, and Owning Books of the 16th Century.” See below video content from the day.

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Program introduction & presentation of recent acquisitions, research, and teaching 
Lecture Hall, Pitts Theology Library (Room 360)

Bo Adams - Reformation Day at Emory, October 29th 2019 from Candler School of Theology on Vimeo.

Chapel service, Rev. Kevin Strickland, Bishop of the ELCA, Southeastern Synod, preaching , Cannon Chapel

Kevin Strickland - Reformation Day, Oct 29 2019 from Candler School of Theology on Vimeo.

"The Story of Our Books"

Sanctuary, Cannon Chapel

Professor Nick Wilding, Georgia State University

"Fill Name Here" - Nick Wilding - Reformation Day 2019 from Candler School of Theology on Vimeo.

Ms. Caroline Duroselle-Melish, The Folger Shakespeare Library

"The Building of a Book Collection" - Caroline Duroselle-Melish - Reformation Day 2019 from Candler School of Theology on Vimeo.

Professor Ulrich Bubenheimer, University of Heidelberg

"Whose Hand Is It?" Martin Luther's Handwriting and the Luther Manuscripts - Ulrich Bubenheimer - Reformation Day 2019 from Candler School of Theology on Vimeo.