1.0Facultyhttps://www.luthersem.edu/facultyjspies001https://www.luthersem.edu/faculty/author/jspies001/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="NW3upA96ND"><a href="https://www.luthersem.edu/faculty/susan-mcarver/">Susan McArver</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.luthersem.edu/faculty/susan-mcarver/embed/#?secret=NW3upA96ND" width="600" height="338" title="“Susan McArver” — Faculty" data-secret="NW3upA96ND" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.luthersem.edu/faculty/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.luthersem.edu/faculty/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2026/09/McArver-Susan.jpg220240Education Ph.D. (Duke University) M.A.R. (Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary) B.A. (Salem College) Dr. Susan Wilds McArver is the H. George Anderson Professor of Church History, Emerita, at Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, where she served on the faculty from 1998 until her retirement in 2025. Her areas of scholarly interest include religion in America, diaconal history, […]