Majors: Religion
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Three Wartburg College graduates to receive Young Alumni Awards
Wartburg College will recognize three outstanding young alumni for service to their communities with a Young Alumni Award. The award honors graduates from the past 15 years who are living the four pillars of the Wartburg College mission: leadership, service, faith, and learning. This year’s recipients are: Kyle Fleming, a 2012 Wartburg graduate, earned his…
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Terasawa presents at International Center for Law and Religion
Dr. Kuni Terasawa, associate professor of religion, presented his paper, “Religious Freedom under State Pressure: Japan’s Modern Struggles,” at the 32nd Annual International Law and Religion Symposium on Oct. 7, 2025. The symposium was held at the International Center for Law and Religion at the Law School of Brigham Young University, Utah.
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Terasawa serves on panel at United Nations conference
Kuni Terasawa, associate professor of religion at Wartburg College, recently served on a panel at conference hosted by the Interfaith Coalition Conference for Global Citizens and the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations. Terasawa’s panel, “Ethical and Global Citizen: Not Whether, But How,” talked about bringing together world leaders in…
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Wartburg’s Riswold publishes fourth book
Wartburg College religion professor Caryn Riswold recently published her fourth book, “ReEngaging ELCA Social Teaching on Abortion,” which calls on readers to reflect on the ELCA’s 1991 social statement on abortion in the 21st century. Adopted during the 1991 ELCA Churchwide Assembly, the 12-page statement provides guidance for pastoral care and deliberation regarding unintended pregnancies…
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Wartburg’s Knutson receives ELCA Fund for Leaders scholarship
Recent Wartburg College graduate Nathaniel Knutson received the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s Fund for Leaders Direct Full-Tuition Scholarship. Knutson will continue his education at Wartburg Seminary this fall, where he will enter the collaborative learning program, which will allow him to work part-time in a congregation while doing his class work online. “I feel…
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Kunihiko Terasawa
B.A., Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan M.Div., Drew University M.A., Ph.D., Temple University – Philadelphia Dr. Terasawa joined Wartburg in 2012 and has been teaching RE 202 World Religions in Dialogue, RE 341 Buddhist Traditions, RE 342 Religions of China, RE 343 Religions of Japan, and RE 340 Islam and the Modern World. Terasawa is…