20 years of
Living Theology in the Metropolitan Chicago Synod since 1996
By Frederick J. Schumacher
By John A. Lang
By Frank C. Senn
By Benjamin Dueholm
By Gordon J. Straw
By Maxwell E. Johnson
By Frank C. Senn
By Frank C. Senn
Martin E. Marty, an ordained Lutheran pastor, is the Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor at The University of Chicago and long-time member of the editorial staff of the Christian Century. www.memarty.com.
by Martin Marty
When the planners of a recent Metro Chicago Synod professional leaders conference advertised their intentions, they included a line: “Our first recourse is to God, who promises to be with us and lead us.” If we really believe that, we are on course. Such a confession does not solve everything, but it clears the air […]
by Martin Marty
At a recent convocation on Joseph Sittler, I was asked to comment on his University of Chicago years, which ended in 1973. I had studied with him toward an S.T.M. degree at the old Chicago Lutheran Theological School in Maywood from 1952-1954, after which I went for the Ph.D. at the University, 1954-56. After receiving […]