Kristofer’s Events with St. Olaf
Sponsored by the Lutheran Center for Faith, Values, and Community, the Religion Department, the Classics Department, and College Ministry.
Thursday, September 17
Daily Chapel, 11am CDT
Chapel is in person at Boe Chapel or can be streamed.
Thursday, September 24 (Virtual Events)
Lutheran Center Fall Symposium:
The Bible, Race, and the Art of Ambivalence: a Cambodian-American Lutheran Reading (open to all members of the St. Olaf community)
11:30am-12:45pm, pre-registration is required.
Drawing on his lived experience as a Cambodian-American and his training as a New Testament scholar, Kristofer Coffman ’13 explores how the intersection of post-colonial theory and Lutheran theology can lead to productive conversation on the Bible and race. Bringing together the concept of ambivalence and the Lutheran doctrine of sin, he reflects his own experience at St. Olaf and the ways in which the college’s Lutheran identity can help it generate a more equitable future.
Finding Your Vocation in Religion and Classics: A Conversation with Kristofer Coffman ’13 (primarily geared towards students)
4pm-5:15pm
Zoom link: https://stolaf.zoom.us/
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Kristofer Coffman ’13 majored in Religion and served as the Classics Department Greek tutor while at St. Olaf. Since graduating, he has attended seminary and is currently working on a New Testament PhD in the Classical and Near Eastern Studies Department at the University of Minnesota. In this conversation with majors of the Religion and Classics Departments, Kristofer will be available to talk about his experiences at St. Olaf, the path he’s taken since then, and the graduate school experience in both Classics and Religion.
Krisotfer’s full bio: A native of southern California, Kristofer Coffman ’13 studied Religion and Nordic Studies at St. Olaf. After receiving his MDiv at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, he began his PhD work in the Classical and Near Eastern Studies Department at the University of Minnesota, where he is currently writing his thesis. A first generation Cambodian-American, Kristofer is on track to become, to his knowledge, the first person of Cambodian descent to receive a PhD in biblical studies. Kristofer’s research focuses on the parables and ancient agricultural practice through a post-colonial and Asian-American lens.