Denominational Affiliation
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Ordained: 1981 |
Education
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Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ
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Ph.D., 1981
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Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ
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M.Div., 1973
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St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN| | Magna cum Laude
Phi Beta Kappa |
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B.A., 1969
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Professional Positions
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Luther Seminary, St Paul, MN | 1978- |
| | Professor of Church History (1994-)
Associate Professor of Church History (1986-1994)
Assistant Professor of Church History (1984-1986)
Instructor in Systematic Theology (1978-1981)
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College of St Catherine, St Paul, MN | 1985-1986 |
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Como Park Lutheran Church, St Paul, MN | 1981-1984 |
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Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN | 1980 |
| | Instructor
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U.S. Army Chaplains Program | 1977 |
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Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, PA | 1976 |
| | Instructor in Systematic Theology
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Princeton Theological Seminary | 1975-1977 |
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Professional and Related Activities
The Rose, Associate Editor 1994-
Interpretation, Advisory Council 1990-1993
Great Commission Network, Board Member 1990-
Lutheran Bible Ministries, Midwest Board Member 1990-1993
National Association of Scholars Minnesota Chapter, Board Member 1988-1991
Lutheran Commentator, Board of Directors 1987-1993
Lutheran Quarterly, Editorial Board 1984-
Lutheran Bible Institute Board 1984-1990, 1994-
Inter-Church Relations Committee, ALC 1984-1987
Southeast Asian Ministry of the St. Paul Conference, ALC 1983-1984
Theological Task Force and Task Force on Purpose, CNLC 1982-1983
Ecumenical Relations Committee for the St. Paul Council of Churches 1981-1982
Scholarly Papers
"A Reappraisal of the Function of Dogmatic Development in the Works of Johann Sebastian Drey," Annual Meeting of the American Church History
Society 1984
"Religious Currents in 19th Century Germany" The C.F.W. Walther Commemorative Conference, Concordia College, St. Paul, MN 1987
"Protestantism, Politics, and Cultural Criticism in Weimar Germany -- A Response," Annual Meeting of the American Church History Society 1989
"Adversity," Conference on Christian Pyschology, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois 1994
"The Social Effect of Biblical Criticism," Scripture And Hermeneutics Seminar, 2nd International Consultation, Cambridge University 1999
Honors
American Lutheran Church Graduate Fellowship
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Rockefeller Theological Fellowship
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Publications
Books
(With Roy Harrisville): The Bible in Modern Culture: Theology and Historical Critical Method from Spinoza to Käsemann (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans)1995
Chapters in Books
“The Conflict of Tradition and History,” ed. Craig Bartholomew, et.al., Behind the Text: History and Biblical Interpretation (Grand Rapids: Zondervan) 303-319
“The Social Effect of Biblical Criticism,” Craig Bartholomew, Colin Greene, Karl Möller, Renewing Biblical Interpretation (Grand Rapids: Zondervan) pp. 66-81
"The Therapy of Adversity and Penance," Robert C.
Roberts and Mark R. Talbot, eds. Limning the Psyche:
Explorations in Christian Psychology (Grand Rapids:
William B. Eerdmans): 282-296 1997
"Ministry in Nineteenth-Century European Lutheranism,"
Todd Nichol and Marc Kolden, eds. Called & Ordained:
Lutheran Perspectives on the Office of Ministry.
(Minneapolis: Fortress Press), pp.77-92. 1990
"The Leuenberg Agreement in the North American Context"
William G. Rusch and Daniel F. Martensen, eds. The Leuenberg Agreement and Lutheran-Reformed Relationships (Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House) pp. 81-96. 1989
Articles and Essays
“Wilhelm Löhe On Pastoral Office and Liturgy,” Word & World, XXIV: 190-197
"Ecumenism as Syncretism," Certus Sermo No. 121:
1-4 2000
"J. Gresham Machen" First Things No. 101: 57-58 2000
"Religious Trends in Twentieth Century America,"
Word and World XX: 22-31 2000
"Does Ecumenism have a Future?" Word & World XVIII:
172-177 1998
"Lesson and the Arts," Lectionary Homiletics IX
(August, 1998): 14-15, 22, 29, 37 1998
"The Church and the Church College," Lutheran
Quarterly XI: 353-367 1997
"Adversity," Dialog XXXV (Spring 1996): 101-106
"A Primer on the Devil," First Things No. 29:
15-21 1993
"Jephthah's Daughter: An Invitation to Non-
Lectionary Preaching," Word and World XIII:
85-90 1993
"A Conflict of Creeds," Lutheran Forum XXVI: 11-13 1992
"Religion and Politics in America," Word and World XII: 376-382 1992
"Discord over the Concordat," Anglican Digest XXXIII
(no.4): 14-16 1991
"If Only I Knew the Way Back," Lutheran Forum XXV (Summer): 39-42 1991
"Ecumenism and the Conflict over Modernity," Lutheran
Quarterly IV: 383-403 1990
"Liberal Democracy and the Problem of the Clergy,"
Dialog XXIX: 259-263 1990
"Limitations of the Lectionary," Word and World X: 14-20 1990
"Abortion as Self-Reliance," Lutheran Forum XXIII (Fall 1989): 16-19.
"Evangelical Catholicity: A Lutheran Faction," Word and World IX: 263-265 1989
"The Precarious Catholic Moment," Lutheran Forum
XXIII (Summer 1989): 34-38 (review essay)
"I Believe in the Devil," This World No. 22 (Summer 1988): 132-137 (review essay)
"A Defense of Inerrantia," Dialog XXVI: 310-312 1987
"The Demonic in Christian Thought," Lutheran Quarterly I: 413-437 1987
"The Limit of Theological Pluralism," Lutheran Quarterly I: 331-341 1987
"Church History and Ministry," Northfield Past Times (St. Olaf History Department) VII 1986
"Luther on Tradition," Dialog XXV: 114-118 1986
"The Blight of Calixtus," Dialog XXV: 221-223 (with Meg Madson) 1986
"The Doctrine of the Word of God: The Response of a Parish Pastor," Occasional Papers on Theology
and Ministry (Minneapolis: Augsburg), I: 2-4 1984
"Ten Faces of Ministry: A Conversation," Word and World I: 382-90 (with James Burtness, Terence Fretheim, Darold Beekmann) 1981
Occasional pieces in:
The Lutheran Standard, The Parish Teacher, Scope,
Lutheran Commentator, Forum Letter, The Lutheran,
F.O.C.L. Point, The Rose
Curricula
Background on church history for God's Word for
All People and The Word and the World in the
"Rejoice" curriculum (Augsburg) 1993
"Study on Satan" (Augsburg Adult Forum Series)
1988
"The Inspiration of the Bible" (Augsburg Adult
Forum Series) 1987
"Fundamentalism" (Augsburg Adult Forum Series)
1986
"Lutheranism," Our Neighbor's Faith,
rev. ed. (Augsburg) 1985
Study on the Lutheran-Reformed Dialogue
(Augsburg) with Michael Root 1985
"Guarding the House of Faith," Augsburg Sermons 2:
Gospel Sermons 13 (Augsburg), 17-20 1984
Day by Day: A Seven-Session Course on Martin
Luther and the Christian Life (Augsburg) 1983
Book Reviews
First Things No. 129: 53-58
First Things No. 111: 47-51 2000
First Things No. 90:56-59 1999
First Things No. 94: 74 1999
First Things No. 99: 61-62 1999
First Things No. 83: 45-52 1998
Word and World XVII: 340-342 1997
Dialog XXXV: 153-154 1996
Dialog XXXV: 66-68 1996
First Things No. 63: 59-63 1996
First Things No. 54: 43-44 1995
Word and World XIV: 103-106 1994
First Things No. 34: 55-57 1993
Theology Today XLIV: 426-430 1992
Journal of Religion LXX: 100 1990
Word and World X: 403-405 1990
Lutheran Quarterly III: 337-338 1989
Word and World IX: 99 1989
Dialog XXVII: 76-77 1988
Word and World VIII: 188-190 1988
Religious Studies Review XIII: 160 1987
Word and World VI: 229-230 1986
Book Newsletter of Augsburg Publishing House,
July-August 1985
Book Newsletter of Augsburg Publishing House,
May-June 1984
Princeton Seminary Bulletin V: 74-76 1984
Word and World IV: 324-328 1984
Book Newsletter of Augsburg Publishing House,
September-October 1982
Word and World I: 79-82 1981
Audio/Video
"Lutherans in a Pluralistic Age," (Select Video
Lecture) 1994
"Henry Melchior Muhlenberg" (Augsburg Resource
Audio Tape) 1987
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