NRIT
Well arrive about thirty minutes ago for the Midwinter Winter Theological Conference sponsored by NRIT at the Izaak Walton Inn in Essex, MT just outside Glacier National Park. The focus of our three conference is “Being Lutheran in a Multi-Faith World.” Our theologian-in-residence is Dr. Michael Trice who is the Assistant Dean for Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue at the Seattle University School of Theology and Ministry.
From 2004 to 2011, Dr. Trice served as Associate Executive for Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Relations in the ELCA. He earned a M.T.S from Duke Divinity School and a Th.M. from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. In 2006, Dr. Trice completed his dissertation at Loyola University, in an ecumenical studies program with the Evangelische Fakultat at Ludwig-Maximillian-University in Munich, Germany.
Dr. Trice served for two years as ELCA staff for the White House Task Force on Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation, is a leader on the Interfaith Commission of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA and stands on the executive board for Church World Service. His areas of academic interest include multireligious relations and trends, and the intersections in applied theology to conflict transformation, through and after the trespasses of human violence and cruelty.
Looking forward to his presentation and an opportunity to meet more colleagues here in Montana. Also tomorrow after lunch there is time for some nordic and snowshoeing trails.
