Signature Speakers Series
The Forum on Faith and Life's Signature Speakers Series annually brings best-selling authors, award-winning leaders, and renowned interfaith activists to campus to engage with students, faculty, and staff.
Past Speakers
- Valarie Kaur, Best-Selling Author and Activist
- John Noltner, Photographer and Peace Activist
- Chris Stedman, Best-Selling Author and Activist
- Barbara Brown Taylor, New York Times Best-Selling Author
- Nadia Bolz-Weber, New York Times Best-Selling Author
- Winona LaDuke, Environmentalist and Political Activist
- Rohina Malik, Renowned Playwright
- Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
- Shane Claiborne, Best-Selling Author and Activist
- Paul Raushenbush, Senior Religion Editor of Huffington Post
- Chris Stedman, Executive Director of Humanist Minnesota
- Eboo Patel, Founder and Director of Interfaith Youth Core
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Forum on Faith and Life Signature Speaker Series
John Noltner, photographer and peace activist for A Peace of My Mind, spoke at Concordia College on February 5, 2020.
Chris Stedman, best-selling author and activist, spoke at Concordia College on November 14, 2019.
Barbara Brown Taylor, New York Times Best-Selling Author, spoke at Concordia on March 26, 2019
Dr. Eboo Patel, founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core delivered the keynote address at convocation, kicking off the 2012-13 academic year.
Nadia Bolz-Weber, New York Times bestselling author and Founder of the House for All Sinners and Saints in Denver, spoke at Concordia on Nov. 2, 2017.
Leymah Gbowee, a 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, is a peace activist who brought together Christian and Muslim women in a nonviolent movement that ended Liberia's civil war in 2003, as chronicled in her memoir, "Mighty Be Our Powers," and in the award-winning documentary "Pray the Devil Back to Hell." Gbowee spoke at Concordia College in November 2014.
Rohina Malik, renowned playwright and activist, presented Unveiled: A One Woman Play in 2016
Best-selling author, peacebuilder and Christian social activist, Shane Claiborne is the visionary leader of a faith community that has helped birth and connect radical faith communities around the world. Claiborne spoke at Concordia in April 2014.
Paul Raushenbush, Senior Religion Editor of Huffington Post