Concordia Seminary, St. Louis honored faculty and staff members who have recently written or contributed to published books at its annual faculty author reception May 17 co-hosted by Concordia Publishing House.

“It’s been said that the Gospel went ‘viral’ in the 16th century in part because the Reformers flooded the market with their publications,” said Dr. Charles Arand, the Seminary’s dean of Theological Research and Publication and the Eugene E. and Nell S. Fincke Graduate Professor of Theology. “In that spirit, the Faculty Author Reception is a joyous time of the year as we celebrate the contributions of the faculty to church and world through their articles and books.”

The following faculty and staff were recognized for their contributions in the 2015-16 academic year:

Dr. Charles Arand: “God’s World of Daily Wonders,” in Dona Gratis Donata: Essays in Honor of Norman Nagel on the Occasion of his Ninetieth Birthday (Nagel Festschrift Committee)

Dr. Jon Diefenthaler, guest instructor: The Paradox of Church and World: Selected Writings of H. Richard Niebuhr (Fortress)

Marcos Kempff, instructor and assistant to the director, Center for Hispanic Studies: Consejería y Confesión (Counseling and Confession) Walter J. Koehler, with new Spanish introduction by Marcos Kempff. Translation by Beatriz Hoppe

Dr. Robert Kolb, professor emeritus: “Memoria Melanchthonia 1560. The Public Presentation of Philip Melanchthon at his Death,” in Memoria - theologische Synthese - Autoritatenkonflikt. Die Rezeption Luthers und Melanchthons in der Schiilergeneration, ed. Irene Dingel (Mohr/Siebeck)

“The Bible in the Reformation and Protestant Orthodoxy,” in The Enduring Authority of the Christian Scriptures, ed. Donald A. Carson (Eerdmans)

Dr. David Maxwell, Louis A. Fincke and Anna B. Shine Professor of Systematic Theology: Cyril of Alexandria: Commentary on John, vol. 2 (IVP)

Dr. Leopoldo A. Sánchez M., associate professor of systematic theology; director, Center for Hispanic Studies: Immigrant Neighbors among Us: Immigration across Theological Traditions
ed. M. Daniel Carroll R., Leopoldo A. Sánchez M. (Pickwick Publications)

“Bearing So Much Similar Fruit: Lutheran Theology and Comprehensive Immigration Reform,” in On Secular Governance: Lutheran Perspectives on Contemporary Legal Issues. Ronald W. Duty and Marie A. Failinger, eds. (Eerdmans)

Dr. Mark Seifrid, professor, exegetical theology: “Ferdinand Christian Baur,” in Nineteenth-Century Lutheran Theologians (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht)

The following faculty contributed scholarly works to these volumes:

Behrens, Achim and Salzmann, Jorg Christian, hrsg., Listening to the Word of God: Exegetical Approaches (Oberurseler Hefte Ergänzungsband 16; Göttingen: Edition Ruprecht). 232 Seiten. ISBN: 978-3-8469-0197-7

• Dr. David L. Adams, associate professor, exegetical theology: Some Observations on the Historicity of the Biblical Creation Account 13; and Response 140
• Dr. James W. Voelz, Dr. Jack Dean Kingsbury Professor of New Testament Theology: Literary Interpretation of the Scriptures (Mark 8:22-26) 73
• Dr. Paul Raabe, professor, exegetical theology: Response 119
• Dr. Timothy Saleska, associate professor, exegetical theology; dean, ministerial formation: Reading Psalm 1 in the Context of the Psalter: Voices in Conversation 123
• Dr. Jeff Kloha, provost and professor, exegetical theology: Theological and Hermeneutical Reflections on the Ongoing Revisions of the Novum Testamentum Graece 169

Reformation Readings of Paul: Explorations in History and Exegesis (IVP)

• Dr. Robert Kolb: Philip Melanchthon’s Reading of Romans
• Dr. Mark Seifrid: The Text of Romans and the Theology of Melanchthon

The Pastor's Brain Manual: A Fascinating Work in Progress. Allen Nauss, ed. (Lutheran University Press, 2015)

• Dr. Bruce Hartung “Seminarians Encounter Brain Research: What Happens?”
• Dr. Glenn Nielsen “Evaluating and Extending the Research Implications”

For more information, contact the Theological Research and Publication office at 314-505-7117.

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