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Randy A. Nelson
Director of Contextual Education
Melvin A. Hammarberg Professor of Contextual Education  

Randy A. Nelson Email:
rnelson1941@yahoo.com

Personal Website:
www.luthersem.edu/rnelson/


 
Courses  

See personal website for course materials.
See academic catalog for general course descriptions.
CC 1647 MC CC: PROPHETIC ROLE OF THE CHURCH Fall Semester 2008-2009
LG 4520 MC SPANISH LANGUAGE FOR MINISTRY Fall Semester 2008-2009
NT 4265 MC READING THE BIBLE FROM PERSPECTIVE Fall Semester 2008-2009
PC 3524 MC PASTORAL MIN WITHIN LATINO CONTEXT Fall Semester 2008-2009
ST 3435 MC CHRISTIAN ETHICS & GLOBAL ECONOMICS Fall Semester 2008-2009
ST 4440 MC LUTHERANISM & LIBERATION THEOLOGY Fall Semester 2008-2009

Speaking Topics  

Randy A. Nelson is available to speak at your congregation's event or adult forum on the following topics. For other faculty and staff resources, visit our Online Resource Guide

  • A Christian Looks at ... (specific social issues)
  • Introduction to Social Ministry and Social Ethics
  • The Church and Politics

Education      

Ordained ELCA
1975
M.A., Ph.D. University of Chicago Divinity School
Chicago, IL
1970, 1978
M.Div. Lutheran School of Theology
Rock Island and Chicago, IL
1968
B.A. Gustavus Adolphus College
Saint Peter, MN
1963

Biographical Notes  

Randolph Nelson became a member of the Luther Seminary faculty as an assistant professor in 1975 and was named the Melvin A. Hammarberg professor of contextual education in 1982. He was assistant to the pastor of Resurrection Lutheran Church in Chicago in 1968-75 and was ordained in 1975. During [more...]

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