Walter Sundberg
Professor of Church History

Walter SundbergEmail:
wsundber@luthersem.edu

Personal Website:
www.luthersem.edu/wsundber/

Office:
651-641-3270    BH 126A

Courses:

HC 1315 01 EARLY AND MEDIEVAL CHURCH HISTORY Summer Session 2013-2014
HC 3310 50 MOD CHUR IN EUR (1789-PRES)-ONLINE Spring 2013-2014
HC 6377 01 S6 AMERICAN THEOLOGY IN THE 20TH CENT Spring 2013-2014
HC 3310 01 MOD CHUR IN EUR AND AMER(1789-PRES)January Term 2013-2014
HC 1310 50 CHRISTIAN HISTORY NT TO PRES-ONLINEFall 2013-2014
IC 2635 01 COMPARATIVE CONFESSIONS Fall 2013-2014
HC 1315 01 EARLY AND MEDIEVAL CHURCH HISTORY Summer Session 2012-2013
HC 1310 01 CHRISTIAN HISTORY NT TO PRESENT Spring 2012-2013
HC 1320 01 REFORM OF THE CHURCH Spring 2012-2013
HC 3310 50 MOD CHUR IN EUR AMER(1789-PRES)-ONLSpring 2012-2013

Education:

Ph.D.Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton, NJ		1981
OrdainedELCA
1981
M.Div.Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton, NJ		1973
B.A.St. Olaf College
Northfield, MN		1969

Biography:

Walter Sundberg began his work at Luther Seminary in 1978-81 as an instructor in systematic theology. He returned as assistant professor of church history in 1984, was named associate professor in 1986 and was named professor in 1994. He was acting chair of the history department in 1987-88 and Chair of the History Department from 1991-1993. He was a visiting professor at the College of St. Catherine

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Profile:

"You can’t ask people of the past to do things outside their realm. You have to allow them to be where they were."

Why is the study of church history so important? Walter Sundberg answers by quoting the German scholar Gerhard Ebeling, "Church history is the exposition of Holy Scripture."

What Ebeling means, says Sundberg, is that "across the ages the Bible has been lived out by [more...]