Currents in Theology and Mission

Currents is published by the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, in cooperation with Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary and Wartburg Theological Seminary.  Ralph W. Klein, Christ Seminary-Seminex professor of the Old Testament, has served as its editor since the second issue of the journal, in 1974.  Norma Cook Everist represents Wartburg Theological Seminary as Associate Editor.  Peggy Blomenberg is Assistant Editor and in that capacity does copy editing and preparation of camera-ready copy. Joe Gaston is the Circulation Manager. (currents@lstc.edu).

Currents appears six times a year, in eighty-page issues that contain six or seven essays, twenty or more book reviews, and exegetical and homiletical resources for every Sunday and major festival in the church year.  The latter section is entitled Preaching Helps and is edited by Craig A. Satterlee, Carlson associate professor of Homiletics at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.  Those who would like to do exegetical studies or write pastoral reflections for this section should email the editor of this section: Craig A. Satterlee at csatterl@lstc.edu.

Book Reviews are edited by Edgar Krentz (New Testament; ekrentz@lstc.edu),  Ralph W. Klein (Old Testament; rklein@lstc.edu), Craig L. Nessan (history, theology, and ethics; cnessan@wartburgseminary.edu), and Connie Kleingartner (ministry studies; ckleinga@lstc.edu).  Readers who would like to volunteer to do book reviews should contact the appropriate editor. 

Special to Readers of LSTC's May 2008 E.pistle E-newsletter:

We're making the lead article from the April issue of Currents in Theology and Mission available to you electronically. Willem Bijlefeld, who spoke at the opening of the LSTC Center for Christian Muslim Engagement for Peace and Justice, shows the necessity and the possibilities of renewed Christian Muslim dialogue. [Download here]

To subscribe for Currents, send your request to currents@lstc.edu.

Currents aims to provide resources for mission, ministry, and theological growth for pastors, diaconal ministers, associates in ministry, and other church leaders.  The usual editorial practice is to include a variety of topics in each issue although Currents does occasionally focus on a single theme.  It asks writers to write clearly and without polemic, explaining technical terms and keeping footnotes to a minimum.  Foreign language quotations should be avoided wherever possible; if they are necessary, they should be followed by a parenthesis giving the English translation.  In general, writers should follow the Chicago Manual of Style or The SBL Handbook of Style and use inclusive language.  The following two footnotes may serve as a guide:

1 O. E. Alana, "Reconsidering the Poor by Gospel Norms," AFER 32 (August, 1990), 193-194.

2 Joseph Sittler, The Doctrine of the Word (Philadelphia:  Muhlenberg Press, 1948), 23.

Manuscripts should be sent to Ralph W. Klein, 1100 E. 55th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60615.  Please double space the manuscript and include a computer diskette with it (this saves a great deal of money in typesetting and also helps to avoid typographical errors).  To inquire about the suitability of a given topic, contact the editor by e-mail (rklein@lstc.edu) or call 773-256-0695.

This webpage was last updated on May 8, 2008.