Recent Publications
Here is a summary of recently published works by LSTC faculty, including emeriti, and auxiliary faculty. Below we also include titles authored by students and alumni. The source of this list is the Dean's Report, issued by the Office of the Academic Dean during the school year. More complete publications listings are found on the webpage for each regular faculty member.
To update this listing, LSTC faculty, students and alumni should email choth@lstc.edu
Author/editor |
Recent Publication |
| Mark Bangert (Emeriti Faculty) | “How My Mind Has Changed” Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol 38, No 2 (April, 2011) 90 - 92. |
| Joan Beck and Donna Herzfeldt-Kamprath | “Camelot” Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol 38, No 2 (April, 2011) 136 - 139. |
| Kathleen D. (Kadi) Billman | “Roots and Wings – Reflections on Worship” Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol 38, No. 4 (August, 2011) 234 - 235
”Responding to and Suffering in the Name of Jesus: Relief, Relationship, and Resistance” In the Precious Name, ed. Douglas Ruffle and Nicola Mulligan (Tom’s River, NJ: Jersey Shore Press, 2011) 243 - 259. |
| Bonnie Flessen (Auxiliary Faculty) | An Exemplary Man: Cornelius and Characterization in Acts 10. (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2011) |
| Kurt Hendel | “The Church’s One Foundation” Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol 38, No 2 (April, 2011) 82 - 83. |
| Richard Jensen (Emeriti Faculty) | Review of “Holy Spirit: Creative Power in Our Lives” by Lois Malcolm in Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol 38 No 3 (June, 2011) 211 - 212. |
| Ralph Klein (Emeriti Faculty) | Review of “God’s Word in Human Words: An Evangelical Appropriation of Critical Biblical Scholarship” by Kenton Sparks in Currents in Theology and Mission Vol. 38, No. 4 (August, 2011) 293. “Tribute” Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol 38, No 2 (April, 2011) 144 - 146 Review of “Psalms, Volume 3: Psalms 90 – 150 by John Goldingay in Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol 38 No 3 (June, 2011) 214. Review of “Interpreting Isaiah: Issues and Approaches” edited by David G. Firth and H.G.M. Williamson in Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol 38 No 3 (June, 2011) 214 Review of “History and the Hebrew Bible” by Hans M. Barstad in Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol 38 No 3 (June, 2011) 215. |
| Edgar Krentz (Emeriti faculty) | “Building on One Foundation – Bible: Book of Faith” Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol 38, No 2 (April, 2011) 103 – 116. Review of “Enigmas and Powers: Engaging the Work of Walter Wink for Classroom, Church, and World” edited by D. Seiple and Frederick W. Weidmann in Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol 38, No 2 (April, 2011) 151. Review of “Homilies on the Gospel of John 1 – 40” translated by Edmund Hillo in Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol 38, No 2 (April, 2011) 152. Review of “First Corinthians: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary” by Joseph A. Fitzmyer in Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol 38, No 2 (April, 2011) 153. Review of “Opening up the Scriptures” in Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol 38, No 2 (April, 2011) 155. Review of “Hermeneutics: An Introduction” by Anthony Thiselton in Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol 38, No 2 (April, 2011) 155. Review of “Introducing Paul: the Man, His Mission and His Message” by Michael F. Bird in Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol 38, No 2 (April, 2011) 155. Review of “The First and Second Letters to the Thessalonians” by Gordon Fee in Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol 38, No 2 (April, 2011) 155. Review of “The Historical Jesus of the Gospels” by Craig S. Keener in Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol 38 No 3 (June, 2011) 209. Review of “Form Orality to Orality” A New Paradigm for Contextual Translation of the Bible” by James A. Maxey in Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol 38 No 3 (June, 2011) 211. Review of “Discovering Jesus in the New Testament” by Keith Warrington in Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol 38 No 3 (June, 2011) 213 – 214 Review of “Synagogues in a Time of Change: Fragmentation and Diversity in Jewish Religious Movements” edited by Zachary I. Heller in Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol 38 No 3 (June, 2011) 214. |
| Peter Perry (Auxiliary Faculty) | Review of “The Word of Life: A Theology of John’s Gospel” by Craig Koester in Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol 38, No 2 (April, 2011)153 – 154. Review of “Wounded Lord: Reading John Through the Eyes of Thomas” by Robert H. Smith in Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol 38 No 3 (June, 2011) 209. |
| Richard Perry | “Martin Luther King Jr. and the Christian Life” The Journal of Christian Ethics Volume 10, No. 4 (April 2010) Review of “Reinhold Niebuhr Revisited: Engagement with an American Original” edited by Daniel F. Rice in the Journal of Lutheran Ethics (May-June 2011) 123 – 124. “Neibuhr and Politics” The Journal of Lutheran Ethics Vol. 11, No. 3 (May/June, 2011) |
| Ray Pickett | Review of “Greed as Idolatry: The Origin and Meaning of a Pauline Metaphor” by Brian Rosner in Currents in Theology and Mission Vol. 38, No. 4 (August, 2011) 290 – 291. Review of “First Corinthians: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary” by Joseph Fitzmeyer in Currents in Theology and Mission Vol. 38, No 2 (April, 2011) 153. |
| David Rhoads (Emeriti Faculty) | Editor with Norman Habel and Paul Santmire, The Seasons of Creation: A Preaching Commentary (Fortress Press, 2011) “Mark as Story Reflections” with Joanna Dewey and Donald Michie in Mark as Story: Retrospect and Prospect (Society of Biblical Literature, 2011) “Recovering the Bible as Oral Performances in Community” in Teaching the Bible in the Parish (and Beyond) (Hein Fry Lectures for 2010) (Minneapolis, MN: Lutheran University Press, 2011) |
Craig Satterlee | Preaching and Stewardship: Proclaiming God’s Invitation to Grow (Herndon, Virginia: The Alban Institute, 2011) “Learning to Picture God from Those Who Cannot See,” : Homiletic [online] Vol. 36, No. 1 (June 13, 2011). “Why Do We Give?” Alban Weekly Issue 362 (July 4, 2011) “Wordless Words in Worship” Currents in Theology and Mission Vol. 38, No. 4 (August, 2011) 236-244 ”Preaching Stewardship from the Lectionary” Currents in Theology and Mission Vol. 38, No. 4 (August, 2011) 294 – 295 “Preaching Helps: Concerning this Column” Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol 38, No 2 (April, 2011) 157 – 158 ”Preaching Helps: Choosing To Remember” Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol 38 No 3 (June, 2011) 216 - 218 |
| Lea Schweitz and Michael Hogue | Guest Editors, “Exploring Humanity and Our Relations” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science Vol 46, No 2 (2011) Guest Editors of “Voices from the Next Generation” – a special section in Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science Vol 46, No 2 (2011) |
| Michael Shelley | Associate Editor: The Emergence of The Modern Coptic Papacy by Magdi Guirguis and Nelly Van Doorn-Harder (Cairo, Egypt: The American University in Cairo Press, 2011) Note: This is the final book in a series of three, written on the Popes of Egypt. Volume 2 was written by Mark Swanson. |
| Benjamin Stewart | A Watered Garden (Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress, 2011) Edited volume: Liturgy 27.2, theme issue on Liturgy and Ecology, February 2012, invited guest editor “Committed to the Earth: Ecotheological Dimensions of Christian Burial Practices.” Liturgy 27.2 (February 2012). “Lessons and the Arts for Advent 2 – 4 and Christmas Day.” Lectionary Homiletics and GoodPreacher.com (December 2011). “Water in Worship: the Ecology of Baptism” (cover story). The Christian Century. (28 January 2011): 22-25 |
| Mark Swanson | “TEEM and the Future of Theological Education” Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol 38 No 3 (June, 2011) 170-171. He Often Rejected Sinners and Cast Them into Hell?: On the Image of St. Shenoute in Copto-Arabic Literature: The Relevance of a Sermon in MS Paris B.N. ar. 244 (Coptica 9 [2010]) 67 - 81. |
| Linda Thomas | and Dwight Hopkins, editors Walk Together Children: Black and Womanist Theologies, church and Theological Education (Eugene, OR, Cascade Books, 2010) ”The Aesthetic Dimensions of Religion in South Africa” Bodies Beautiful: Aesthetic Dimensions of Religious Thought and Life in Africa and the African Diaspora, Anthony Pinn, ed. (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010) “What the Mind Forgets the Body Remembers: Women, Poverty and HIV” was published in Women and Christianity, Cheryl Kirk-Duggan and Karen Jo Torjesen eds. (Greenwood: Praeger Press, 2010) “Pentecost Sunday” Feasting on the Word: Preaching the Revised Common Lectionary Year C, Vol. 3: Pentecost and the Season after Pentecost (Propers 3 - 16) (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2010) “Trinity Sunday” Feasting on the Word: Preaching the Revised Common Lectionary Year C, Vol. 3: Pentecost and the Season after Pentecost (Propers 3 - 16) (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2010) |
| Audrey West (Auxiliary Faculty) | Luke 12: 13 – 21: Theological Perspective” Feasting on the Word: Preaching the Revised Common Lectionary, Year C, David L Bartlett and Barbara Frown Taylor, eds., Vol. 3 (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2010) 310 – 314. Luke 12: 32 – 42: Theological Perspective Feasting on the Word: Preaching the Revised Common Lectionary, Year C, David L. Bartlett and Barbara Frown Taylor, eds., Vol. 3 (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2010) 334 - 338. Luke 12: 49 – 56: Theological Perspective” Feasting on the Word: Preaching the Revised Common Lectionary, Year C, David L Bartlett and Barbara Frown Taylor, eds., Vol. 3 (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2010) 358 – 362. John 11: 1 – 45 (Fifth Sunday In Lent): Exegetical Perspective Feasting on the Word: Preaching the Revised Common Lectionary, Year A, David L. Bartlett and Barbara Frown Taylor, eds., Vol. 3 (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2010) 140 – 145. Matthew 21, 1 – 11 (Liturgy of the Palms): Exegetical Perspective Feasting on the Word: Preaching the Revised Common Lectionary, Year A, David L. Bartlett and Barbara Frown Taylor, eds., Vol. 3 (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2010) 152 – 157. Matthew 27, 11 – 54 (Liturgy of the Passion): Exegetical Perspective Feasting on the Word: Preaching the Revised Common Lectionary, Year A, David L. Bartlett and Barbara Frown Taylor, eds., Vol. 3 (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2010) 176 – 181. |
| Vitor Westhelle | “Displacing Identities: Hybrid Distinctiveness in Theology and Literature” Out of Place: Doing Theology on the Crosscultural Brink edited by Jione Havea and Clive Pearson (London: Equinox Publishing, 2011) 42 – 64 “Entre Américas: convergências e divergêngias teológicas” in Teologia e Ciências da Religião: A caminho da maioridade acadêmica no Barasil, Eduardo R. da Cruz and Gerald de Mori, eds. (Sao Paulo: Paulina; Belo Horizonte: PUC Minas, 2011) 25 – 42 “Lutheranism and Culture in the Americas: A Comparative Study” Transformations in Luther’s Theology: Historical and Contemporary Reflections, Christine Helmer & Bo Kristian Holm, eds. Arbeiten zur Kirchen- und Theologiegeschichte 32, (Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt 2011) 229-244. “Mal” Dicionário Brasileiro de Teologia, Fernando Bortolleto Filho, José Carlos de Souza, Nelson Kilpp, eds. (São Paulo: ASTE, 2008) Vítor Westhelle had excerpts of his presentation at the Nairobi consultation of the Lutheran World Federation posted on the LWF website, along with an interview he gave on his participation at the consultation. |
Recent Publications by Students & Alumni: |
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| Syafa'atun al-Mirzana (Ph.D., 2009) | English version of When Mystic Masters Meet: Towards a New Matrix for Christian-Muslim Dialogue (New York, NY: Blue Dome Press September 16, 2011) |
| Moses Penumaka (Ph.D. Student) | "TEEM: A Collaborative Pedagogy of the Church" Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol 38 No 3 (June, 2011) 172 - 174 |
| Seth Moland-Kovash (D.Min. in Preaching Student) | "Proper 14 – Proper 21" Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol 38 No 3 (June, 2011) 219 – 230. |
| Harsha Kumar Kotian (Th.M. 2004, Ph.D. 2008) | Chritonormative Pluralism: A Critical Appraisal of the Works of Stanley Jones, Stanely Samartha and Paul Knitter (Delhi: ISPCK, 2011). |
| Nathan Montover (Th.M. 2003, Ph.D. 2008) | Luther’s Revolution: The Political Dimension of Martin Luther’s Universal Priesthood (Pickwick: Eugene, 2011) |