Dates of Presentations Unknown

Components for Ecological Reflection
Boston Theological Institute (Thesis Theological Cassettes)
The tape contains four unrelated speeches by four different people. Sittler’s presentation is concerned with theological reflections about ecology. The other speakers are Dr. Robert McAfee Brown, The Rev. Kenneth Bailey, Dr. Rene Dubos.

Ecumenism; brief reflections on the Lutheran-Roman Catholic Dialogues, by Father Jerome Thiesen and Joseph Sittler

Modern Day Demands Upon Christian Traditions
Ethics and natural law; problems in ethical decisions

Sermons on the Parables
St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota (Three tapes)
1)  The Unjust Steward
2)  The Lost Sheep
3)  The Seed Growing of Itself

Spirituality; the meaning of the religious right.
Presentation somewhere on the west coast (California?)

University District Lectureship
Seattle, Washington (Two tapes)
“Contemporary Witnesses to Damnation”: Can we follow the delineation of a moral problem or the structure of a predicament  or the articulation of a bitterness or anxiety or of a dullness of heart from contemporary works of literature and then see what the word of God has to say about the picture?  Works discussed are Typhoon, The Catcher in the Rye, The Fall, and Four Quartets.

Message to Our Malaise
Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey (First lecture of four)
The Care of the Earth (as printed in The Care of the Earth And Other University Sermons, Fortress, 1964)

Message to Our Malaise
Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey (Second lecture of four)
“How Faith Forgets:” Mutability, passingness, the irreversibility of men’s lives.

Message to Our Malaise
Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey (Third lecture of four)
“The View From Mt. Nebo,” (as printed in The Care of the Earth and Other University Sermons, Fortress, 1964) Addressed to fellow pastors. How can one possibly be a minister of the Gospel of God?

Message to Our Malaise
Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey (Fourth lecture of four)
The ecumenical movement; the unity of the church.

Called to Unity: the World Council of Churches New Delhi Speech
Redemption within creation; grace and nature; the unity of the church.

Preaching from Structure
United Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia (Two tapes)
Presentations to a group of clergy.

The Scope of I
Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey
Preparation for preaching; scope of my existence; how shall I be obedient?

The Doctrine of Grace The Earle Lectures
Three lectures, two tapes.
Doctrine of creation; Christology; doctrine and scope of grace; observations on style.

Centennial Symposium
Augsburg College
Care of the earth and the theological underpinnings for a Christian ecology.

The Inevitability and Intolerability of Establishments
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Establishment, bureaucracy and tradition. Reinterpreting terms such as “evil.” Relation between establishments and man’s hope for peace.

Time, Space, and the American Experience
Based on a course at the University of Chicago. The frontier as an influence on American life. How space and time are related in our American experience. (Sittler delivered a shortened version [one tape side only] of this lecture on the radio on a University of Chicago program called “From the Midway.” This tape is also available.)

Shaping the Future
Nobel Conference at Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota (Three tapes)
1) Sittler’s lecture about science and religion, ecological unity, and progress.
2) Closing panel with Sittler, Seaborg, Borlaug, Mc Hale and Weiner. Quality of tape not good.
3) Banquet highlights. Musical entertainment, introductions, participants’ reflections on the conference.

Theology and Ecology
Lenoir Rhyne College, Hickory, North Carolina (First lecture of two)
American Space
Lenoir Rhyne College, Hickory, North Carolina (Second lecture of two.)
Time, space and the American experience; the role of technology; our concept of freedom. Similar to “Time, Space, and the American Experience,” 8/13/69.

Suffering and Splendor
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago Chapel, Chicago, Illinois
Text is from Romans. Suffering of the life of faith is of the character of faith.  Splendor is the light the Holy gives off.

Conference on Nature and Grace
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Dies Theologia
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago Pastoral Conference, Chicago, Illinois (Two tapes)
1.) New accents in theology. How theology has changed.
2.) Questions and answers.

Reflections on Christmas.
Broadcast on National Public Radio's “All Things Considered.”  (Side B only.)

Mid-Winter Convocation
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (Four tapes)
1) Mostly Sittler.  What tools are presented to Christian theology by the vision of the cosmos; what is possible for us as reflected in theology to do with our received traditions?
2) Sittler on Side B.  Staying relevant for the current generation.  (Another speaker, Goerss, on Side A.)
3) Sittler on Side B.  The task of theology. (Another speaker, Hoyer, on Side A.)
4) Confronting change; theologizing on the move.

Mid-Winter Convocation
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Convocation Banquet and Sittler

Grace and a Sense for the World.
California Lutheran University Founders’ Day Talks, Thousand Oaks, California
There are two lectures and two tapes in this series. A number of topics covered: scope of reflection; ecumenical movement; NT language about Christ; questions and answers, etc.

Reflections on J. S. Bach
Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota
Side A only of tape. (Side B contains Reflections on Christmas, 1973)  A non-musicological approach to Bach’s music.

Course on Theological Method
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1) Introduction
2) Luther
3) Luther – 2 tapes
4) Calvin
5) Calvin
6) Schliermacher
7) Schliermacher
8) Schliermacher and Bonhoeffer
9) Aulen
10) Aulen, Pannenberg, Rahner
11) Aulen – 2 tapes
12) Barth
13) Tillich

Workshop on Ministering to the Aging
Reflections on aging and death.

Spirit and Creation
Brent House, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
The doctrine of the Holy Spirit; the theater of the Spirit is the creation.

Sermons
Augustana Lutheran Church, Chicago, Illinois
Maundy Thursday (on Side B of tape): Meditation based on   “Christ Jesus Lay in Death’s Strong Bands.”  How does the death of one effectuate the redemption of others? Easter (on Side A): Easter is God’s day. Selfhood and the selfhood in eternity.

Sermon on Pentecost
Augustana Lutheran Church, Chicago, Illinois

Sittler at Chapel
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
The problem of separating law and gospel. Preaching symphonically out of the Bible, not just episodically.

Sermons on Romans 8
Augustana Lutheran Church, Chicago, Illinois
Three sermons on the text, all on one tape.

Installation of the Rev. Hofer
Augustana Lutheran Church, Chicago, Illinois
Sittler’s sermon is on the office of the ministry. Jeanne Sittler’s music is sung.

Week-end Residency
Walnut Hill Lutheran Church, Dallas, Texas
(There are 6 tapes in this series which include Sittler’s sermon on Sunday a.m. plus five presentations over the next two days)
1) Sermon on “All Saints Day” at Sunday a.m. service on the occasion of the congregation’s 25th anniversary (Side A). Side B of tape contains Sittler’s presentation at the Sunday evening program on “Population and Birth Control.
2)  Side A: Nov. 3, a.m. Seminar for pastors – assorted topics.
Side B: Nov. 4, p.m. Medical care, ethics
3) Side A: Nov. 3, a.m. Seminar for pastors, continued
Side B: Nov. 3, p.m. The environment.
4) Side A: Nov. 3, a.m. Basic issues in theology.
Side B: Nov. 3, a.m. Nature and grace
5) Side A: Nov. 4, a.m. Pastors seminar on worship, liturgy, and
language.
Side B: Nov. 4, a.m., Pastors seminar, continued.
6) Side A: Nov. 4, a.m. Pastors seminar, continued.
Side B: Blank

On Theological Education
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Sittler’s brief reflection on theological education is the third presentation on this tape.  The first is by W. Wolbrecht about the Seminary Life Appeal; the second, by Fred Lubs about clinical pastoral education.

Bicentennial Reflections
Augustana Lutheran Church, Chicago, Illinois
The recording includes much of the service as well as Sittler’s sermon.

The Emergence of Value
California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, California
Sittler receives a distinguished service award for higher education; his remarks about a liberal arts education and values follow.

Certainty (Certitude) and Mystery: The Dynamics of church renewal.
American Lutheran Church / Lutheran Church in America Cluster gathering in Colorado

Presentation at Mid-Atlantic Lutheran Student Movement
Pocono Environmental Center, Pennsylvania
The care of the earth and the environmental crisis.

The Passion of Christ in St. Paul’s Epistles
Sermon at  Augustana Lutheran Church, Chicago, Illinois

Presentations at Holden Village
Chelan, Washington (Five tapes)
1) The scope of reflection; the church in a new age.
2) Theology and ecology.
3) Issues in Biblical interpretation; ethics.
4) Continuation of discussion on ethics.
5) Fireside chat- many topics covered.

Grace and Nature: Adult Education and Worship
Minneapolis, Minnesota (Four tapes)
Topics included: The environment; the doctrine of grace; liturgical language; Christological language; the adequacy of our doctrine of grace; grace and nature; the restlessness of man; continuing ed. For pastors; the idolatry of faith and the certainty of faith; Jesus’ role; role of pastors and lay persons.

Convocation, Sittler preaching.
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Equipping the Saints for Ministry
Parish Ministry Leadership Conference. (Two tapes)
 1) What is theology? Its role?  The transmission of our tradition.  The doctrine of Christ. Modern day demands on the Christian. Relation of man to the natural world.
2) Continuation of discussion on “Advice to a Prophet.” Closing worship with Alvin Rogness as speaker.

Conversations with Dr. Sittler: Preaching With Imagination
(With Ron Shook)

Conversations with Dr. Sittler: Ecology and the Scripture
(With Ron Shook)

American Space
Grace Lutheran Church, Evanston, Illinois
Church was celebrating its 40^th anniversary.

Faith and Culture: Presentations made to faculty and administrators of Lutheran church colleges. (Four tapes)
1)  How can we help the student outgrow an adolescent theological condition? How does a college fulfill its covenant with the church?
2) What is theology?  Preaching; the confessions; the liturgy; dull faculty; college mission statements.
3) Process theology; teachers; role of church-related colleges.
4) Role of faith; more on role of church-related colleges.

Presentations to American Lutheran Church Clergy
(Two tapes)
1) Reflections on the papal visit
2) The Augsburg Confession and the Doctrine of God

Presentations to the Ohio Synod
(Three tapes)
1) Word and Scripture: The doctrine of the word.
2) The Augsburg Confession  (450^th anniversary)
3) The Future Task of Theology

A Christian Perspective on the Victims of Our Time
Symposium on the Holocaust at St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota

Conversations with Joseph Sittler.
Two programs with discussions about the arts and theology, theology and the media, theological education, the ministry, ethics and contemporary society.  With Linda Marie Delloff and Steve Sittler, moderated by Jack Lundin.

Equipping the Saints for Ministry
Texas Lutheran College, Seguin, Texas
(Four tapes)
1) Clarification of terms; language; the freedom we have in Christ
2) Worship services; no Sittler
3) The language regarding “Equipping the Saints”; the task of our community.
4) Worship; no Sittler

The Ministry of the Laity
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Address to the Inter-Lutheran Consultation on the Sunday School
Coordinating Committee for Cooperative Projects in Congregational Life
Passing on the tradition; intersecting faith with the current situation; what a theological educator needs to know.

Theology  Outside the Walls
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
A lecture in the series, “How My Mind Has Changed,” sponsored by Christian Century.

New Models for Ministry
California
Equipping the saints for ministry; Christian witness; lay ministry movement.

Themes Upon Which I Have Been Reflecting
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Alumni Banquet Presentation at the Pastors’ Convocation. State of Protestant preaching; seminary education; religious right; dynamics of aging.

Equipping the Saints
American Lutheran Church gathering in Iowa (Two tapes)
1) Definition of terms; importance of language; equipment needed by the saints.
2) Identity, finding one’s self; reflections on the ordained and the laity.

Keynote 36
District Convention, Iowa
Theology and Ecology;  radical Christocentrism.

Conscience and Capitalism
American Lutheran College Faculties at Wartburg College, Waverley, Iowa
Problems with and the importance of language; finding new ways to live.

Commencement Address
Trinity Seminary, Columbus, Ohio
The transmission of the Christian faith; the haunting allure of Jesus.

The Holy Spirit and Human Reflection
Concordia Summer Theological Conference, Moorhead, Minnesota
Reflections on the ministry and the laity;  one side of tape with Sittler and Martin Marty together: questions to Sittler from Marty and the audience. (First of three presentations)

The Presence of Grace in Redemption
CSTC, Minnesota
Nature and grace. (Second of three presentations)

The Presence of Grace in Sanctification
CSTC, Minnesota
More on nature and grace; question of “eternal life.” (Third of three presentations)

Keynote Speech: Conference on the Pastoral Office
SW Wisconsin District, American Lutheran Church
What is the ministry of the ordained one? Models of preachers/theologians; advice to pastors.

Search Faculty Training
Minnesota (Four tapes)
1) What are the difficulties before us as we prepare to engage others in Biblical studies? Problem of authority; diminished language; general religious and Lutheran biases.
2) What is theology? The problem of God; who is Jesus? what do we mean by the “word of God”? Comments on the parables.
3) Worship meditations: Redeeming the Time; Reflections on Spirituality.
4) Questions and answers: various topics.

A Conversation with Joseph Sittler and Studs Terkel
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Moderated by Morris Niedenthal. Based on Terkel’s book Working.

His God Story
Phoenix, Arizona
Sittler is invited to give “an anatomy of his faith.”

The Liberal Arts and the Formation of Judgment
Bethany College Commencement Address, Lindsborg, Kansas

Theological Reflections
Center for the Study of Campus Ministry Seminar
Center for the Study of Campus Ministry Valparaiso, Indiana
“A Fear-Filled Time.”  Language and speech; the meaning of aging; basic ground of fear; hermeneutics; interpretation of Wallace Stevens’ poem, “The Idea of Order at Key West.” (First presentation of three)

Theological Reflections
Center for the Study of Campus Ministry Seminar
The doctrine of the word; reflections on nature and grace; interior dimensions of aging. (Second presentation of three)

Theological Reflections
Center for the Study of Campus Ministry Seminar
Summing up: All is interpretation; faith and sin; task of theology today. (Third presentation of three)

Interior Dimensions of Aging
Conference on medicine and religion- University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas

Dying, Ethics and Theology
13^th Annual NICA meeting, Chicago, Illinois
Three aspects to consider in talking about this topic: ethical, methodological, theological-pastoral.

Environmental Ethics
Meadville/Lombard Theological School, Chicago, Illinois (Two tapes)
Presentation to J. Ronald Engel’s Class

Chapel Talks
St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota
Side A: The Mystery of Christ and the Anonymity of the Good (Love and justice)
Side B: Reflections on the Meaning of Truth

The Life and Mission of the Congregation
UFM

Address at the Inauguration of J. W. Vannorsdal,
The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia

Preaching: the Narrative of Experience - A Conversation With Joseph Sittler
Professional Leadership Conference, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Moderated by Morris Niedenthal and Charles Rice

Congregational Health Partnerships
Park Ridge, Illinois, Lutheran General Hospital
Theological education; preaching; problems of aging.

In Memoriam, Joseph A. Sittler, Jr.
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (Two tapes)
Service of thanksgiving for the life of Joseph Sittler, recorded on Three tape sides.  On Side B of Tape #2 is “Joseph A. Sittler Remembered,” personal reflections of Sittler by various friends. Recorded on January 1, 1988.

Psalms and Bishop’s Blues
An evening of jazz presented during a conference on the life and work of Joseph Sittler.  Accompanying the tape is a letter from Andrew Tecson to Philip Hefner suggesting connections between the Music and Sittler’s ideas.