The Joseph Sittler Archives — The Expanding Scope of Grace
The Joseph Sittler Archives — The Expanding Scope of Grace
IntroductionAbout SittlerBy SittlerTopicsMultimediaDiscussionCatalogueMake a Gift

Audio Archive


HomeSite MapContact Us

From this page, you can download and listen to copies of the audio materials we have digitized from our cassette tape holdings. Many of these recordings have been backed up onto reel-to-reel master tapes, but in most cases, a cassette copy is the most-original version of the recording we have.

We are in the process of digitizing the entire collection. Materials that do not appear here may be requested from the Archives. You may find particular recordings in our AV catalogue, or search for references in the searchable PDF of tape summaries made by Meta George, entitled Recordings of Joseph Sittler. This is also a good way to follow along while listening.

The Archives does offer audio CD versions on request, whether of the raw tape data or of an edited master, for a nominal fee. One CD holds approximately 82 minues of audio. Larger recordings will require multiple discs, and sets will be divided as appropriate. We also have a few CD compilations that we have produced for events, including two discs from Dr. Sittler's interim pastorate in Hyde Park, and one containing a set of three parable retellings from St. Olaf College. These are also available on request, for a nominal fee.

Please contact Ben Taylor, the Archives' graduate fellow, for more information.

Year Index

1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965
1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972
1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986


1959

"Contemporary Witnesses to Damnation"
The University District Lectureship
University District, Seattle, WA
April 6-9, 1959

Lecture 1: "Dullness of Heart", 0:52:37
Lecture 2: "Deceitfulness", 0:51:38
Lecture 3: "Egocentricity", 0:53:46
Lecture 4: "Transiency", 1:00:50

1961

"Remembering and Forgetting: The Human Condition and the Gospel"
Rockefeller Chapel, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
July 9, 1961

Sermon: "Remembering and Forgetting", 0:23:08

The University of Chicago Library's Special Collections Research Center has graciously donated these materials for use by our patrons.

"Message to Our Malaise"
Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ
July 17-20, 1961

Lecture 1: "The Care of the Earth", 0:38:48
Lecture 2: "How Faith Forgets", 0:27:58
Lecture 3: "The View from Mt. Nebo", 0:35:14
Lecture 4: "The Unity of the Church", 0:27:18

"How to Read a Parable"
Rockefeller Chapel, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
October 8, 1961

Sermon: "How to Read a Parable", 0:23:28

The University of Chicago Library's Special Collections Research Center has graciously donated these materials for use by our patrons.

"Called to Unity: Redemption Within Creation"
The Third Assembly of the World Council of Churches
New Delhi, India
November 21, 1961

Speech: "Called to Unity", 0:46:12

1962

"Preaching from Structure"
Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, VA
March 7-9, 1962

Lecture 1: "Epiphany", 0:51:17
Lecture 2: "Lent", 0:52:43
Lecture 3: "St. Michael and All Angels", 1:00:44

1969

Centennial Symposium
Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN
February 4, 1969

Speech: Centennial Symposium, 0:56:55

"The Inevitability and Intolerability of Establishments"
The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Chicago, IL
February 5, 1969

Speech: "The Inevitability and Intolerability of Establishments", 1:18:00

"Time, Space, and the American Experience" (radio)
The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
August 13, 1969

Lecture: "Time, Space, and the American Experience", 0:59:38

1975

"Spirit and Creation"
Brent House, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
January 22, 1975

Lecture: "Spirit and Creation", 1:00:15

Sermons on Romans 8
Augustana Lutheran Church, Hyde Park, Chicago, IL
July 13, 20, and 27, 1975

Sermon 1: Romans 8:19-23 (ecological responsibility), 0:18:07
Sermon 2: Romans 8:1-18 (the Spirit and God's victory), 0:21:46
Sermon 3: Romans 8:24-39 (belief, waiting, and hoping), 0:19:00

1976

"Bicentennial Reflections"
Augustana Lutheran Church, Hyde Park, Chicago, IL
July 4, 1976

Sermon: "Bicentennial Reflections", 0:23:34

1977

Mid-Atlantic Student Movement Conference
Pocono Environmental Center, Dingmans Ferry, PA
February 26, 1977

Lecture 1: Saturday Afternoon, 1:03:55
Lecture 2: Saturday Evening, 0:59:48

Summer Seminar
Center for the Study of Campus Ministry
Mueller Hall, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
June 12-17, 1977

Lecture: "A Brief Discourse on Style", 0:46:26

This recording happens to appear on the back of one of our copies of "Called to Unity." (This is why we digitize both sides of our tapes!) The audio of this entire conference may be found in the Valparaiso University Archives, along with the published form in the 1977-78 CSCM Yearbook. The text has also been reproduced by ELCA Campus Ministry staff in the volume Running With the Hounds.

1980

"Equipping the Saints"
Trinity Lutheran College, Seguin, TX
July, 1980

Lecture 1: "Clarification of Terms", 1:12:23
Lecture 2: "The Vocation of the Laity", 1:22:42

1984

"His God Story"
Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, Phoenix, AZ
January, 1980

Speech: "His God Story", 1:03:59

Theological Reflections: "A Fear-Filled Time"
Center for the Study of Campus Ministry
Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
June 18-22, 1980

Lecture 1a: "The Shape of Our Apprehension" part 1, 0:45:45
Lecture 1b: "The Shape of Our Apprehension" part 2, 0:36:14
Lecture 2a: "Theological Reflections" part 1, 0:45:26
Lecture 2b: "Theological Reflections" part 2, 0:45.33
Lecture 3: "The Task of Theology Today", 0:45:19

"Interior Dimensions of Aging"
University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
October 29, 1980

Lecture: "Interior Dimensions of Aging", 0:31:22

1985

"Theology of the Land"
Wisconsin Rural Development Center, Inc., Madison, WI
March 9, 1985

Lecture: "Theology of the Land", 0:39:31


What's New?

The Joseph Sittler Legacy:
"The Extraordinary in the Ordinary"

On October 2nd, some of Joe's friends gathered to remember, share stories and to consider the future of his legacy.
Learn more, view pictures and watch the videos


 

Free Downloads!


The Anguish of Preaching by Joseph Sittler
 

Copyright © Joseph Sittler Archives Committee, a cooperative ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago