{"id":1077,"date":"2026-09-10T18:21:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T18:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/faculty\/?page_id=1077"},"modified":"2026-09-10T18:21:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T18:21:52","slug":"susan-mcarver","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/faculty\/susan-mcarver\/","title":{"rendered":"Susan McArver"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Education<\/h2>\n<p>Ph.D. (Duke University)<br \/>\nM.A.R. (Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary)<br \/>\nB.A. (Salem College)<\/p>\n<p>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. 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