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Dennis Bielfeldt

Degrees

· University of Iowa Ph.D. Religion: Philosophical Theology 1987

· University of Iowa M.A. Philosophy 1984

· South Dakota State B.S. Music; History 1977

Professional Experience

· Professor of Philosophy and Religion, South Dakota State University (SDSU), 2004 - present

· Tenure, SDSU, 2001

· Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion, SDSU, 1999-2004

· Graduate Faculty, (SDSU) 1996- present

· Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion, SDSU, 1995-99

· Head of Humanities, Grand View College (GVC), 1994-95

· Associate Professor of Religion and Philosophy, GVC, 1990-95

· Chair of Philosophy and Religion, GVC, 1990-94

· Temporary Associate Professor, Iowa State University, 1993-94

· Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Bethany College, 1987-90

· Chair of Philosophy and Religion, Bethany College, 1988-90

· Lecturer, University of Iowa (UI), 1987

· Teaching-Research Fellow, UI, 1985-86

· Coordinator of Core Courses, UI, 1984-85

· Teaching Assistant, UI, 1983-84

· Research Assistant, UI, 1981-83

Publications

Books

· Freiheit und Liebe bei Martin Luther. Beiträge vom “8^th International Congress for Luther Research” in St. Paul, Minnesota, vom 8.-14. August 1993. Co-edited with Klaus Schwarzwäller of Göttingen (Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Peter Lang Gmbh, 1995).

Academic Articles

· Translation of Anna Briskina’s, “Die finnische Lutherforschung” as, “The Finnish Luther Research, “ Lutheran Quarterly (forthcoming).

· Generic Protestantism: Tolerance or Specificity?” Word and World 26:1 (Winter 2006), pp. 98-100.

· “Sex and Church,” Journal of Lutheran Ethics 2005 (http://www.elca.org/scriptlib/dcs/jle/article.asp?aid=530).

· “Journeying Together and Faithfully?” Journal of Lutheran Ethics, 2004 (http://www.elca.org/scriptlib/dcs/jle/article.asp?aid=194).

· “Three Questions on Minding God,” Zygon 39:3 (September 2004), pp. 591-604

· "Luther on Language," Lutheran Quarterly, 16:2 (Summer 2002), pp. 195-220.

· "Luther and the Strange Language of Theology: How New is the Nova Lingua?", pp. 221-244 in Caritas et Reformatio: Essays on Church and Society in Honor of Carter Lindberg, ed. David M. Whitford (St. Louis: Concordia Academic Press, 2002). Abridged in Luther Digest , Vol 13 (Fort Wayne, IN: Luther Academy, 2005).

· "Downward Causality: How Does the Mental Matter?" Center for Theology and Natural Science Bulletin 19:4 (Fall 1999), pp. 11-21.

· “Can the Western Monotheisms Avoid Substance Dualism?” Zygon: The Journal of Science and Religion 36:1 (March 2001), pp. 153-178.

· "The Promise and Peril of Supervenience for Theology,” pp. 117-152 in The Human Person in Science and Theology, eds. Niels Gregersen, Willem Drees, Ulf Görman (Edinburgh: T & T Clark & Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmanns, 2000).

· “Murphy’s Nonreductive Physicalism,” Zygon: The Journal of Science and Religion 34:4 (December 1999), pp. 619-28.

· "Supervenience as a Strategy for Relating Physical and Theological Properties," pp. 161-176 in The Interplay Between Scientific and Theological Worldviews I, eds. Niels H. Gregersen, Ulf Görman, Christoph Wassermann. (Geneva: Labor et Fides, 1999).

· "Luther and Ontology: A Response to Juntunen," pp. 161-166 in Union with Christ: The New Finnish Interpretation of Luther, Carl Braaten and Robert Jenson, eds. (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdman’s Publishing Company, 1998).

· "The Ontology of Deification," pp. 90-113 in Caritas Dei. Beiträge zum Verständnis Luthers und der gegenwärtigen Ökumene: Festschrift für Tuomo Mannermaa. (Helsinki: Luther-Agricola Gesellschaft, 1997). Abridged in Lutheran Digest, Vol. 8, Kenneth Hagen, ed. (Fort Wayne, Indiana: Luther Academy, 2000).

· "Deification as a Motif in Luther's Dictata super Psalterium,” Sixteenth Century Journal, 28:2 (Summer 1997), pp. 401-420. Abridged in Lutheran Digest, Vol. 8, Kenneth Hagen, ed. (Fort Wayne, Indiana: Luther Academy, 2000).

· "God, Physicalism, and Supervenience," Center for Theology and Natural Science Bulletin, 15:3 (Summer 1995), pp. 1-12. Reprinted in Man and Ideas: The Journal of the Korea Center for Research in Eastern and Western Philosophies 10 (November 1998), pp. 87-119.

· "Freedom, Love, and Righteousness in Luther's Sermo de duplici iustitia," pp. 19-34 in Freiheit als Liebe bei Martin Luther, D. Bielfeldt & K. Schwarzwäller, Eds. (Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Peter Lang GmbH, 1995). Abridgment included in Lutheran Digest, Vol. 4, Kenneth Hagen, Ed. (Fort Wayne, Indiana: Luther Academy, 1996), pp. 18-19.

· "Impediments to the Cultivation of the Grundtvigian Spirit in the North American Context," pp. 147-165 in Enlightenment in an International Perspective, Lillian Zollner & Anna Marie Andersen, Eds. (Vejle, Denmark: Nornesalen and Kroghs Forlag Ltd., 1995). Also published in Bridge: Journal of the Danish American Heritage Society, 18:1 (1995), 9-31. Abridgements appeared in Church and Life, 44:2 (February 1995), pp. 3-6, and Option: Journal of the Folk Education Association of America, 19:2 (Winter 1996), pp. 23-27.] .

· "Two Perspectives on Tillich's Ontology of Religious Symbols," Newsletter of the North American Paul Tillich Society, 21:4 (October 1995), pp. 2-7.

· “A God by Any Other Name," Lutheran Forum, 27:1 (February 1993), pp.7-10.

· "Luther, Metaphor, and Theological Language," Modern Theology, 6:2 (January 1990), pp. 21-135. [Abridgement included in Luther Digest Vol.1, Kenneth Hagen, Ed. (Fort Wayne, Indiana: Luther Academy, 1993), 21-24.].

· "What's Real?--A Dialogue," Teaching Philosophy, 12:3 September 1989), pp. 235-241.

Encyclopedia Articles

· "Sebastian Castellio," Encyclopedia of Protestantism, ed. Hans Hillebrand (New York: Routledge, 2002).

· "Johannes Brenz," Encyclopedia of Protestantism, ed. Hans Hillebrand (New York: Routledge, 2002).

· "Andreas Rudolf Bode Karlstadt," Encyclopedia of Protestantism, ed. Hans Hillebrand (New York: Routledge, 2002).

· "Monism," Encyclopedia of Science and Religion, ed. Wentzel van Huyssteen (New York: Macmillan, 2002).

· "Ontology," Encyclopedia of Science and Religion, ed. Wentzel van Huyssteen (New York: Macmillan, 2002).

· "Pluralism," Encyclopedia of Science and Religion, ed. Wentzel van Huyssteen (New York: Macmillan, 2002).

· "Physicalism, Reductive and Nonreductive," Encyclopedia of Science and Religion, ed. Wentzel van Huyssteen (New York: Macmillan, 2002).

· "Reductionism," Encyclopedia of Science and Religion, ed. Wentzel van Huyssteen (New York: Macmillan, 2002).

Other Articles

· “Unmasking the Hidden God - - No Way! 2006 (http://www.wordalone.org/nr/unmasking.shtml).

· “A Response to Mark Mattes,” 2006 (http://www.wordalone.org/docs/wa-response-to-mattes-2006.shtml).

· “A Response to Walter Sundberg, 2006 (http://www.wordalone.org/docs/wa-bielfeldt-response-sundberg-2006.shtml).

· “A Lutheran House of Studies, 2006, FOCL News 15:7 (Autumn 2006).

· “An Ethos of Baptism,” 2006 (http://www.wordalone.org/nr/ethos-baptism.shtml).

· “Proposal of the Lutheran Theological House of Studies,” 2006, FOCL News 15:6 (Summer 2006).

· “WordAlone Fundamentalism? - - No Fundamentals!” 2006 (http://www.wordalone.org/docs/wa-fundamentals.shtml). Abridged version in Network News, Vol. 7, Issue 4.

· “A Lutheran House of Studies,” 2006 (http://www.wordalone.org/docs/wa-resolution-luth-house-2006.shtml).

· “Luther Rolls in His Grave,” 2006 (http://www.wordalone.org/nr/Luther-rolls.shtml).

· “Why a Lutheran House of Studies?” 2006 (http://www.wordalone.org/nr/why-house-of-studies.htm).

· “Options on ‘Church’,” 2005 (http://www.wordalone.org/ppt/bielfeldt.ppt).

· “The Great Seduction,” 2005 (http://www.wordalone.org/nr/great-seduction.htm).

· “The Wisdom of the Church,” 2005 (http://www.wordalone.org/nr/wisdom-of-church.htm).

· “Unity, Glory and Cross,” 2005 (http://www.wordalone.org/docs/wa-unity-glory.htm).

· “Responding to the Sexuality Study,” Crux of the Matter 4:3 (January-February 2005) (http://www.augsburgchurches.org/Newsletters/Crux_vol4no3/crux_v4n3.htm).

· “It Could have been Worse,” ICM Newsletter (Winter 2005), pp. 6-7 (http://www.icmnews.org/ICMNwsltr/Articles/DennisBlflt1.htm).

· “The Inescapability of the Law,” 2004 (http://www.wordalone.org/docs/wa-inescape.htm).

· “The Forgetfulness of Being Fallen,” WordAlone Network News 4:6, pp. 6-8.

· “The Problem of Identity Defined,” 2004 (http://www.wordalone.org/docs/wa-identity.htm).

· “Ecclesiastical Disobedience is Necessary to Avoid Idolatry,” (http://www.wordalone.org/docs/wa-disobedience.htm).

· “Spinning,” 2004 (http://www.wordalone.org/docs/wa-spinning.htm).

· “So What About ‘Church’?” 2004 (http://www.wordalone.org/docs/wa-about-church.htm).

· “False Ultimacy,” 2003 (http://www.wordalone.org/docs/wa-false-ultimacy.htm).

· “A Law and Gospel Approach to Sexual Boundaries and the Biblical Confessions: A Search for Clarity,” 2003 (http://www.augsburgchurches.org/Library/SexualBoundaries.ppt).

· “Authority: A Dialogue” 2003 (http://www.wordalone.org/docs/wa-authority-a-dialogue.htm).

· “An Evangelical Episcopate: Do Bishops Really Help us See God’s Work?” The Lutheran, p. 11 (February 2003). Also (http://www.wordalone.org/docs/wa-evangelical-episcopate.htm).

· “Testing the Spirit” 2003 (http://www.wordalone.org/docs/wa-testing-the-spirit.htm).

· "Divine Action and Ethical Decision-Making," Covalence 3 (First Quarter, 2001), pp. 1-9.

· "Newness of Being," Church and Life, 43:8 (August 1994), pp. 3-4.

· "The Chicago Grundtvig Consultation," Church and Life, 44:10 (October 1995), pp. 8-11.

· "The Language of Faith," Church and Life, 45:8 (August 1996), pp. 7-8.

Book Reviews

· Jaegwon Kim, Mind in a Physical World: An Essay on the Mind/Body Problem and Mental Causation, in Zygon 41:2 (June 2006), pp. 487-494.

· Sjoerd Bonting, Creation and Double Chaos: Science and Theology in Discussion, in Trinity Seminary Review (forthcoming).

· Mark Mattes, The Role of Justification in Contemporary Theology, in Trinity Seminary Review (forthcoming).

· Donald K. McKim, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Luther (Forthcoming, Trinity Seminary Review, 2006).

· Nicolaus Hunnius. Diaskepsis Theologica: A Theological Examination of the Fundamental Difference between Evangelical Lutheran Doctrine and Calvinist or Reformed Teaching, in Lutheran Quarterly 17:2 (Summer 2003), pp. 239-242.

· William Lazareth. Christians in Society: Luther, the Bible and Social Ethics, in Currents in Mission (2002)

· William Lazareth. Christians in Society: Luther, the Bible and Social Ethic, in Journal of Lutheran Ethics, March 2002.

· Ian Barbour. When Science Meets Religion, in Cross Current 51:1, pp. 121-125.

· Thomas Wabel. Sprache als Grenze, in Lutheran Quarterly 14:3 (Autumn 2000), pp. 364-367

· Bernard Felmberg, Die Ablasstheologie Kardinal Cajetans (1469-1534), in Sixteenth Century Journal 32:1 (2001), pp. 150-151.

· Beth Ann Gaede, Congregations Talking about Homosexuality, in Word and World 20:2, pp. 217-18.

· Steven Thompson, ed., The Reformation, in Sixteenth Century Journal 31:1 (Spring 2000), pp. 233-34.

· Thomas Kaufmann, Reformatoren, in Church History 68:4 (December 1999), p. 1001.

· Heiner Lück, ed. Martin Luther und seine Universität, in Sixteenth Century Journal 30:4 (Winter 1999), pp. 1053-54.

· Silfredo Bernardo Dalferth. Die Zweireichelehre Martin Luthers im Dialog mit der Befreiungstheologie Leonardo Boffs, in Lutheran Quarterly 14:2 (Summer 2000), pp. 240-42.

· Bradley Hansen. Introduction to Christian Theology, in Currents in Theology at Mission.

· Allan Padget, ed. Reason and the Christian Religion: Essays in Honour of Richard Swinburne, in Religious Studies Review.

· Graham Oppy. Ontological Arguments and Belief in God, in Religious Studies Review.

· Ralph Keen, ed. Johannes Cochlaeus: Philippicae I - VII, in Church History 66:4 (December 1997), pp. 814-15.

· Manfred Seitz and Karsten Lehmkühler, eds. In der Wahrheit bleiben, in Lutheran Quarterly 12:2 (Summer 1998), pp. 224-226.

· Sammeli Juntunen. Der Begriff des Nichts bei Luther in den Jahren von 1510 bis 1523, in Sixteenth Century Journal, 28:1 (Spring 1997), pp. 267-268.

· John Hawley, ed. Reform and Counterreform: Dialectics of the Word in Western Christianity since Luther in Church History 66:1 (March 1997), pp. 176-177.

· John Donnelly. Peter Martyr Vermigli: on the Two Natures in Christ in Lutheran Quarterly 10:3 (Autumn 1996), pp. 348-350.

· Heinrich Assel. Der andere Aufbruch: Die Lutherrenaissance, in Sixteenth Century Journal 27:3 (Fall 1996), pp. 823-825.

· Heiko Oberman. The Impact of the Reformation, in Scottish Journal of Theology.

· Peter Matheson. Argula von Grumbach: A Woman's Voice in the Reformation, in Scottish Journal of Theology, Vol. 51, No. 3 (1999), pp. 388-390.

· Ed Furcha, ed. The Essential Carlstadt, in Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol. 26, No. 2 (Summer 1995), pp. 415-416.

· Graham White. Luther as Nominalist: A Study of the Logical Methods used in Martin Luther's Disputations in the Light of their Medieval Background, in Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol. 27, No. 2 (Summer 1996), pp. 606-608.

· Simo Peura. Mehr als ein Mensch? Die Vergöttlichung als Thema der Theologie Martin Luthers von 1513 bis 1519, in Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol. 26, No. 2 (Summer 1995), pp. 413-415.

· Theo Bell. Bernhard von Clairvaux in Martin Luthers Schriften, in Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol. 26, No. 1 Spring 1995), pp. 207-208.

· Edward Schillebeeckx. I'm a Happy Theologian, in Currents in Theology at Mission (1995).

· Geoffrey Rowell. The English Religious Tradition and the Genius of Anglicanism, in Currents in Theology at Mission 1995).

· Avery Dulles. The Craft of Theology: From Symbol to System, in Currents in Theology at Mission (1995).

· Jörgen Moltmann. The Way of Jesus Christ, in Lutheran Quarterly, Vol. IX, No. 1 (Spring 1995), pp. 89-90.

· Alvin Plantiga. Warrant: The Current Debate and Warrant and Proper Function, in Religious Studies Review 21:1 (January 1995), p. 36.

· Janis Kreslins. Dominus narrabit in scriptura populorum, in Sixteenth Century Journal 25:4 (Winter 1994), pp. 926-27.

· Ghiselli, Kopperi, and Vinke, eds. Luther und Ontologie, in Sixteenth Century Journal 25:4 (Winter 1994), pp. 906-07.

· Engel & Wyman ed. Revisioning the Past: Prospects in Historical Theology, in Lutheran Quarterly 8:1 (Spring 1994), pp. 110-111.

· Ermanno Bencivenga. Logic and Other Nonsense: The Case of Anselm and his God, in Religious Studies Review (1994).

· Ted Peters. God--The World's Future, in Lutheran Quarterly 7:4 (Winter 1993), pp. 358-361.

· Francis Fiorenza and John Galvin, eds. Systematic Theology: Roman Catholic Perspectives, in Lutheran Quarterly 6:4 (Winter 1992), pp. 447-49.

· Robert Kolb. Confessing the Faith, in Sixteenth Century Journal 23:3 (Fall 1992), pp. 591-92.

· L. Pojman. Introduction to Philosophy and G. Percesepe, Philosophy: An Introduction to the Labor of Reason, in Teaching Philosophy 15:2 (June 1992), pp. 185-88.

· Risto Saarinen. Gottes Wirken auf uns: Die Transzendentale Deutung des Gegenwart-Christi-Motivs in der Lutherforschung, in Lutheran Quarterly 5:1(Spring 1991), pp. 105-107.

· Mikka Roukanen. Hermeneutics as an Ecumenical Method in the Theology of Gerhard Ebeling in Lutheran Quarterly 3:4 (Winter 1989), pp. 446-448.

· David Steinmetz. Luther in Context, in Lutheran Quarterly 2:2 (Summer 1988) pp. 270-271.

Blog Articles (http://disputationes.blogspot.com/)

· “Confusing the Epistemic and Semantic Primacy of Christ,” January 2007.

· “Luther and Ontology I,” January 2007.

· “Surface Grammar and Logical Form,” December 2006.

· “Objective Guilt and Justification,” December 2006.

· “On Truth-Conditions in Theology,” December 2006.

· “Trinitarian Reflections,” November 2006.

· “Realism in Theology,” November 2006.

Academic Presentations

· “Luther and the Late Trinitarian Dsputations” (Read at the Trinity Seminar of the North American Luther Forum in St. Paul, in April 2006.

· “Three Questions about Minding God (Read at the American Academy of Religion Regional in St. Paul in April 2003)

· “Thick and Thin Justification” (Read at Sixteenth Century Studies Conference in San Antonio in October 2002).

· "How New is the New Language of Theology?" (Read at American Academy of Religion Regional in St. Paul in April 2001.)

· "Must Christianity Change in Order to Survive?" (Panel presenter at the American Academy of Religion Regional in St. Paul in April 2000)

· "The Problem with Downward Causation" (Read at the European Society of the Study of Science and Theology Conference in Lyons, France, April 2000).

· “Theophysical Causation, Timelessness, and the Problem of the Causal Joint” (Read at American Academy of Religion Regional in St. Paul in April 1999).

· “Dualism and Divine Agency” (Read at American Academy of Religion Regional in St. Paul in April 1998).

· “Is Christianity committed to Dualism?” (Read at European Society for the Study of Science and Theology Conference in Durham, England in April of 1998).

· "Luther and the Semantics of `Nature'." (Read at the Sixteenth Century Society in St. Louis in October 1996).

· "Luther and Ontology: A Response to Juntunen." (Read at the Seminar for Finnish Luther Research at Northfield, MN in June 1996).

· "The Unity of Christ in Luther's de humanitate et divinitate Christi." (Read at the American Academy of Religion Regional in St. Paul in April 1996).

· "Supervenience as a Strategy for Relating Theological and Physical Properties." (Read at Sixth European Conference on Science and Theology in Krakov, Poland in March 1996).

· "Does the Law Provide `Common Ground'?" (Read at the Society for Lutheran Ethicists in Albuqurque, New Mexico in January 1996).

· "Significatio et Deificatio: The Putative Link between Luther's Semantics and the Indwelling Christ." (Read at Sixteenth Century Society in San Francisco in October 1995).

· "God, Symbol, and Supervenience." (Read at the American Academy of Religion Regional in St. Paul in April 1995).

· "Two Perspectives on Tillich's Ontology of Religious Symbols." (Read at the North American Paul Tillich Society at the American Academy of Religion National Convention in Chicago in November 1994).

· "Impediments to the Cultivation of the Grundtvigian Spirit in the North American Context." (Read at the Seminar on the Occasion of Rodding Højskole's 150th Anniversary at Slagelse, Denmark in November 1994).

· "God, Physicalism, and Supervenience." (Read at the American Academy of Religion Regional in St. Paul in April 1994).

· "Pragmatics or Semantics? The Status of the "New Tongue" in Luther's Disputatio de divinitate et humanitate Christi." Read at Sixteenth Century Studies Conference in St. Louis in December 1993).

· "Freedom as Love in Luther's Sermo de duplici iustitia." Read at Eighth International Luther Congress in St. Paul in August 1993).

· "Theosis' Ontology." (Read at Eighth International Luther Congress in St. Paul in August 1993).

· "The Ontology of Theosis." (Read at the American Academy of Religion Regional in St. Paul in April 1993).

· "Theosis as a Motif in Luther's Dictata super Psalterium." Read at Sixteenth Century Studies Conference in Atlanta in October 1992).

· "Critical Realism, Supervenience, and the Relation between Science and Theology." (Read at the American Academy of Religion Regional in St. Paul in April 1992).

· "The Paradox of Timelessness." (Read at the American Academy of Religion Regional in St. Paul in April 1991).

· "Theological Supervenience: A Construal of Theological Predicates as Consequent Upon Physical Predicates." (Co-read with Dan Hackmann at American Academy of Religion Regional in St. Paul in April 1991).

· "Theosis and Luther?" (Read at Sixteenth Century Studies Conference in Philadelphia in October 1991).

· "Quasi-Realism in Theology." (Read at the Central States American Academy of Religion Regional in Columbia in March 1990).

· "Real, Antireal, or Quasi-Real: What's a Cognitive Propositionalist to Do?" (Read at Society of Christian Philosophers Conference in October 1989).

· "Luther and Metaphor." (Read at Sixteenth Century Studies Conference in St. Louis in October 1988).

Awards and Recognitions

· Invited to the International Luther Congress in Brazil in July, 2007.

· Member of the Theological Advisory Board of WordAlone, 2003-present

· Member of Who's Who of American University Teachers, 2002

· Awarded Advanced Governor's Award, Summer 2001 ($17,000 for salary and software).

· Invited to contribute four articles to the Encyclopedia of Science and Religion published by Macmillan in 2002.

· Invited to contribute three articles to the new Encyclopedia of Protestantism published by Routledge in 2002.

· Invited to be a Participant/Respondent at Valpariaso University's Conference, Forming Life, in August 2000.

· Invited to be a Moderator of Workgroups at the Ninth European Conference on Science and Theology in Lyon, France in April 2000.

· Invited to contribute an article to a Festscrift on Reformation scholar Carter Lindberg of Boston University.

· Invited to give the lectures on Science and Religion at Southwestern University, Winfield, Kansas in October 1999.

· Awarded Governor’s Award, Summer 1999 ($18,000 award for salary and equipment).

· Awarded a Templeton Foundation Award for 1999 ($10,000 award for salary and religion/science resources).

· Awarded Graduate College Research Support Fund for 1999 ($5000 award for research salary and support).

· Invited to contribute an article in an international Festschrift honoring Luther scholar Tuomo Mannermaa of the University of Helsinki, Finland.

· Invited to lead a Workgroup at the Seventh European Conference on Science and Theology at Durham, England in April 1998.

· Invited to Ninth International Luther Congress in Heidelberg, Germany in August 1997.

· Invited featured speaker at the "Seminar for Finnish Luther Research" sponsored by the Center for Evangelical Catholic Theology at Northfield, Minnesota in May 1996.

· Invited to deliver a Sewery Faculty Lecture at South Dakota State University in February, 1996

· Invited to International, Ecumenical Consultation on N.F.S. Grundtvig in Chicago, 1995.

· Invited to Seminar on the Occasion of Rodding Hojskole's 150th Anniversary in Slagelse, Denmark in November 1994.

· Invited to Eighth International Luther Congress in Minneapolis in August 1993.

· Recipient of summer research funds administered by the Dean’s Office of the College of Arts and Sciences at SDSU, Summers 1996 & 1998.

· NEH Summer Seminar: Great Books Logos Program, Grand View College, Des Moines, Summers 1991 & 1992.

· Bethany College Woodward Summer Fellowship, 1989.

· University of Iowa Spriestersbach Dissertation Prize, 1988 ($2500 prize awarded to the top Dissertation in the Humanities and Fine Arts at the University of Iowa in 1986-88).

· Invited to the Seventh International Luther Congress in Oslo, Norway, 1988. (Received Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Research/Study Grant to attend).

· University of Iowa Teaching-Research Fellow, 1982-87. ($20,000 Five year fellowship granted yearly to a student in the Schooì of Religion).

· Alice Heidel-Lampe Award, 1985. (Given yearly to a School of Religion Graduate Student Demonstrating Teaching Excellence).

Other Discipline Related Activity

· Director of the WordAlone Institute for the Renewing of Lutheran Theology, 2006 – present.

· Respondent to Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead at the South Dakota Humanities Convention, September 2006.

· Chair of the Lutheran House of Studies Task Force of the WordAlone Network, 2005 – present.

· External Reviewer for the Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of Wisconsin--Eau-Claire, October 2005

· Featured Performer at the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA, November 2005

· Elected to National Board of Directors of WordAlone, 2002-present

· President of American Academy of Religion Midwest Regional, 2001-2003

· Vice-President of American Academy of Religion Midwest Regional, 1999-2001.

· External reviewer for Zygon, 1998-present.

· Member of the Steering Committee of the Work Group on Science and Technology of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 1997-2002

· Co-founded a workgroup of Lutheran theologians in the Summer of 1996, and gave a response to the keynote address at its first conference in St. Paul in October of 1996.

· Program Director for the Theology and Philosophy of Religion Division of the Upper Midwest American Academy of Religion, 1996‑present.

· Wrote NEH grant for a Summer Stipend in 1997 to research late medieval semantics as part of my ongoing Luther research.

· Chair of six sessions at the American Academy of Religion Regional in St. Paul, 1995-present.

· Continuing memberships in the American Academy of Religion, the American Philosophical Association, the Society of Christian Philosophers, the North American Paul Tillich Society, the Sixteenth Century Society, the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology, and the Folk School Association of America.

· Featured Speaker at Danebrod Folk School Celebration in Tyler, Minnesota in 1996

Service to the University

· Performed on Faculty Recital in with Prof. Rick Crawley at Peterson Recital Hall, April 2006

· Performed with Jazz improvisation students at Jack’s Place, November 2005

· Performed with a Visiting European Jazz Artist at Peterson Recital Hall, October 2005

· Hosted the Religion and Philosophy Club at my home, 2005, 2003, 1999, 1996

· Performed on the Faculty Recital at the South Dakota State All-State Band Camp, June 2005

· Performed with Prof. Rick Crawley on his recital at Peterson Recital Hall, April 2005

· Performed with Prof. Rick Crawley on his recital at Peterson Recital Hall, April 2004

· Performed with Prof Rick Crawley on his recital at Peterson Recital Hall, April 2003

· Invocation at Veteran’s Day Services of the SDSU AFROTC, November 2004 & 2003

· Performed with Prof. Rick Crawley on his recital at Peterson Recital Hall, March 2002

· Chaired the A & S Scholarship and Research Subcommittee, 2002

· Performed with Prof. Rick Crawley on his recital at Peterson Recital Hall, April 2001

· Chaired the Search Committee for the new Philosophy Position, 2001

· Served on Search Committee for the Dean of Arts and Sciences, 2000

· Served on Curriculum Committee, 1997-1999, 2004-2005

· Served on Academic Senate, 1996-1998

Service to Community

· President of Den-Wil Inc, (Real Estate Investment and Construction in Brookings, SD)

· Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Brookings Area Chamber of Commerce, 2005-present

· Board of Directors of the Brookings Area Chamber of Commerce, 2005-present

· Board of Directors of Habitat for Humanity, 2003-present

· City of Brookings Traffic Safety Committee, 2003-present

· Speaker at Memorial Day Celebration, White, SD 2005

· Presenter at Brookings Leadership Seminar, October 2004

Service to Church

· Featured Responses to Keynote Addresses by Mark Mattes and Walter Sunberg at the WordAlone Fall Theological Conference, Fridley, MN, November 2006.

· Gave four lectures entitled, “Trustworthy Foundations for Faith” at Lutheran Bible Institute North, Saratoga, CA, October 2006

· Gave paper, “Luther and the Trinity” to the Fall Theological Conference of the Augsburg Lutheran Churches, Brookings, SD, October 2006

· Attended WordAlone Board Meetings in Tea, SD, October 2006

· Gave Presentation on the House of Studies, Irvine, CA, September 2006

· Supply Preacher, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Brookings, SD, October, November, December 2006

· Featured Speaker at the Hancocke, MN, WordAlone Chapter Meeting, October 2006

· Featured Speaker at the WordAlone Student Chapter at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN, October 2006

· Attended WordAlone Board Meetings in New Brighton, MN, June 2006

· Featured Presenter at the WordAlone Annual Convention in Golden Valley, MN, May 2006

· Featured Speaker to the Adult Forum at King of Glory Lutheran Church, Tempe, AZ, January 2006

· Attended WordAlone Board Meeting in Tempe, AZ, January 2006

· Featured Speaker at the Alexandria, MN, WordAlone Chapter Annual Meeting, January 2006

· Pastor of Pioneer Lutheran Church of White, South Dakota, 1998-2005

· Guest Preacher at St. Paul Episcopal Church, Brookings, SD, in October and December 2005

· Keynote Speaker at the WordAlone Fall Theological Conference, St. Paul, MN, November 2005

· Co-cordinator of the Augsburg Lutheran Churches Fall Theological Conference, Brookings, November 2005

· Presenter at WordAlone Chapter in Fargo, SD, October 2005

· Keynote Speaker at Reformation Celebration in Evansville, IN, October 2005

· Performed and spoke to the St. Dysmas Community at the South Dakota Prison, August 2005

· Keynote Speaker of the Augsburg Lutheran Churches Annual Convention in Florence, AL, July 2005

· Attended WordAlone Board Meetings in New Rochelle, NY, Rosedale, MN, New Brighton, MN, and Fargo, ND in 2005

· Speaker at the WordAlone Annual Convention in Rosedale, MN, April 2005

· Featured Speaker at the Sun City, AZ, Word Alone Chapter Lecture Series, Janaury 2005

· Preacher and Speaker at Holy Trinity Lutheran, New Rochelle, NY, January 2005

· Ordained as an Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Pastor, November 2005

· Attended WordAlone Board Meetings in Buffalo, NY, St. Paul, MN, New Brighton, MN, and Columbus, OH in 2004

· Lay Pastor of First Lutheran Church of Volga, South Dakota, 1996-98

Professional Memberships:

American Academy of Religion Society of Christian Philosophers

American Philosophical Association North American Paul Tillich Society

Sixteenth Century Society

Research Languages:

German, Latin, French, Greek, Danish

Academic Courses Taught

Religion Philosophy

Introduction to Religion Introduction to Philosophy

Introduction to Theology Informal Logic

History of Theology to 1400 Formal Logic

Luther and the Reformation Mathematical Logic

Nineteenth Century Theology Philosophical Ethics

Twentieth Century Theology Philosophy of Religion

Religion and Science History of Philosophy I & II

World Religions Heidegger

Christian Ethics Sartre

New Testament Applied Ethics

Philosophy of Science

Philosophy of Mind

Plato and Aristotle

Existentialism