- Martin E. Marty
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For other people with the same name, see Martin Marty (bishop).
Martin Emil Marty (b. February 5, 1928, West Point, Nebraska) is an American Lutheran religious scholar who has written extensively on 19th century and 20th century American religion. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1956, and served as a Lutheran pastor from 1952 to 1962 in the suburbs of Chicago. From 1963 to 1998 he taught at the University of Chicago Divinity School, held an endowed chair, and now holds emeritus status.
He has served St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota since 1988 as Regent, Board Chair, Interim President in late 2000, and now as Senior Regent. He has been a columnist for The Christian Century magazine since 1956. He has authored over 5,000 articles and been conferred with 75 honorary doctorates.
His published works include Righteous Empire: The Protestant Experience in America (1970), for which he won the National Book Award, the encyclopedic five-volume Fundamentalism Project,[1] co-edited with historian R. Scott Appleby, and the biography, Martin Luther (2004).
Marty is the father of Minnesota State Senator John Marty.[2] and of the Rev. Peter Marty who is currently the host of the ELCA radio ministry Grace Matters.
In 2000, he was a critic of the Holy Office's document on relativism, Dominus Iesus.[3]
Contents
Bibliography
- Righteous Empire: The Protestant Experience in America (1970) Harper Torchbook 1977 paperback: ISBN 0-06-131931-7
- Modern American Religion. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
- Volume 1: The Irony of It All, 1893-1919 (1986) ISBN 0-226-50893-5
- Volume 2: The Noise of Conflict, 1919-1941 (1990) ISBN 0-226-50895-1
- Volume 3: Under God, Indivisible, 1941-1960 (1996) ISBN 0-226-50899-4
- Religion and Republic: The American Circumstance (1987) Boston: Beacon Press. ISBN 0-8070-1206-8
- The Fundamentalism Project, Martin E. Marty and R. Scott Appleby, Editors
- Volume 1:Fundamentalisms Observed, Marty/Appleby, (1991) ISBN 0-226-50878-1
- Volume 2:Fundamentalisms and Society: Reclaiming the Sciences, the Family, and Education, Marty/Appleby/Hardacre/Mendelsohn, (1993) ISBN 0-226-50881-1
- Volume 3:Fundamentalisms and the State: Remaking Polities, Economies, and Militance, Marty/Appleby/Garvey/Kuran, (1993) ISBN 0-226-50884-6
- Volume 4:Accounting for Fundamentalisms: The Dynamic Character of Movements, Marty/Appleby/Ammerman/Frykenberg/Heilman/Piscatori, (1994) ISBN 0-226-50886-2
- Volume 5:Fundamentalisms Comprehended, Marty/Appleby, (1995) ISBN 0-226-50888-9
- Martin Luther (The Penguin Lives Series). New York: Viking (2004) ISBN 0-670-03272-7
Additional biographical source: Martin E. Marty. "Half a Life in Religious Studies: Confessions of an 'Historical Historian'." pp. 151–174 in The Craft of Religious Studies, edited by Jon R. Stone. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998.
See also
References
- ^ The Fundamentalism Project
- ^ Marty, Martin E. (2008), The Christian World: A Global History. Random House, back sleeve.
- ^ Dominus Iesus: An Ecclesiological Critique
External links
- Martin E. Marty homepage
- Fundamentalism Project
- Martin E. Marty Sightings Blog
- Video interview on his book, The Mystery of the Child
- Download or listen to Martin Marty interview by The Progressive magazine, 27 September 2006
- "Prison Writings in a World Come of Age: The Special Vision of Dietrich Bonhoeffer", Martin E. Marty, Berfrois, 12 May 2011
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