{"id":4018,"date":"2012-08-12T22:39:36","date_gmt":"2012-08-12T22:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/?page_id=4018"},"modified":"2025-12-02T20:00:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T20:00:02","slug":"hale","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/faculty\/hale\/","title":{"rendered":"Hale, Lori Brandt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Lori Brandt Hale<\/strong> is the Director of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of Religion in the Department of Religion and Philosophy at º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ in Minneapolis, MN. She started teaching at Augsburg in 1998.<\/p>\n

Brandt Hale is the president of the International Bonhoeffer Society – English Language Section Board of Director.<\/p>\n

Together, with W. David Hall, she edited Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Theology, and Political Resistance; <\/em>they also serve as the editors of the Lexington Books series on faith and politics, \u201cFaith and Politics: Political Theology in a New Key.\u201d She is co-author of Bonhoeffer for Armchair Theologians<\/em>, and has written numerous book chapters, articles, presentations, and more on Bonhoeffer\u2019s theology, political resistance, and relevance in contemporary times. In 2024, Brandt Hale published an interactive, multi-week congregational and community curriculum on the lessons of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, underscoring his theological and ethical commitments to neighbor and community.<\/p>\n

Professor Brandt Hale has degrees from the University of Virginia (PhD), University of Chicago Divinity School (MA), and University of Iowa (BA). She has held a number of leadership roles at Augsburg and, in 2022, she received the \u201cFaculty of the Year\u201d Award given by the Augsburg Day Student Government.<\/p>\n

Education<\/h2>\n

Ph.D. University of Virginia (Philosophical Theology)
\nM.A. University of Chicago Divinity School
\nB.A. University of Iowa (History and Religion)<\/p>\n

Select Publications<\/h2>\n

\u201cDietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945)\u201d for T&T Clark Handbook of Modern Theologians <\/em><\/a>(Expected 2025).\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201dLessons from Dietrich Bonhoeffer, With Love for the Coming Generations: A Eulogy,\u201d Touchstone Journal Canada<\/em><\/a> (February 2025).<\/p>\n

\u201dDietrich Bonhoeffer: In the News\u201d<\/a> Blog Post for the Westar Institute (January 2025).<\/p>\n

Scholars\u2019 Statement, co-author: \u201cStop Using Bonhoeffer to Support Christian Nationalism and Political Violence<\/a>,\u201d (Fall 2024).<\/p>\n

\u201dLessons from Dietrich Bonhoeffer in House Divided and a World on Fire.\u201d<\/a> A multi-week, interactive curriculum for congregations and communities (Fall 2024). \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Theology, and Political Resistance,<\/em> with W. David Hall. Lexington Books, 2020.<\/p>\n

Bonhoeffer for Armchair Theologians<\/em><\/a>, with Stephen Haynes. Westminster John Knox
\nPress, 2009. Available in Japanese and Portuguese translations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy is Dietrich Bonhoeffer Relevant Today?\u201d<\/a>\u00a0 Faith and Leadership, an online publication of Duke Divinity School. (November 2019).<\/p>\n

\u201cIs This a Bonhoeffer Moment?\u201d<\/a> with Reggie Williams, Sojourners<\/em> magazine (February 2018).<\/p>\n

\u201cDietrich Bonhoeffer: Political Resistance in Tyrannical Times,\u201d Radical Lutherans \/ Lutheran<\/em><\/a>
\nRadicals<\/em><\/a>, Cascade Books\/Wipf & Stock, 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cLived Theology 101: Exploring the Claim \u2018What We Believe Matters\u2019 with Undergraduates,\u201d
\nAfter 10 Years: The Project on Lived Theology<\/em><\/a>. Oxford University Press, 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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