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Curriculum
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31 July 2004
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Burnell
F. Eckardt, Jr.
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B.S., M.Div., S.T.M., Ph.D.
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Gottesdienst,
Editor-in-Chief
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| Address | Telephone & Email |
| Saint Paul Lutheran Church 109 South Elm Street Kewanee, Illinois 61443 |
309-852-2460 (h) |
| Ordination into the Office of the Holy Ministry | |
| 27 June 1982 |
| Current Position | |
| Pastor, Saint Paul Lutheran Church, Kewanee, Illinois |
| Education & Degrees | |||
| 1991 | Ph.D |
Marquette University Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Doctor of Philosophy degree in historical
theology with concentrations in the medieval and Reformation eras. Dissertation -- "Anselm and Luther on the Atonement: Was It 'Necessary'?" |
| 1984 | S.T.M. | Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne, Indiana |
Master of Sacred Theology majoring in systematic
theology Thesis -- "The wrath of God in the theology of John Calvin : a Lutheran perspective" |
| 1981 | M.Div. | Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne, Indiana |
Master of Divinity degree majoring in exegetical
theology Thesis -- "The Christological nature of the Psalter" |
| 1977 | B.S. | University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin |
Bachelor of Science degree in Communication Arts |
| Professional Positions | |||
| 2001, 2004 | Visiting Professor (Historical Theology), Lutheran Theological Seminary, Novosibirsk, Siberia [through Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana] | ||
| Editor-in-Chief, Gottesdienst: A Quarterly Journal of the Evangelical-Lutheran Liturgy | |||
| 1995-current | Pastor, Saint Paul Lutheran Church, Kewanee, Illinois | ||
| 1985-current | Visiting Professor (Historical and Systematic Theology), Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana | ||
| Contributing Editor, Logia | |||
| Associate Editor, Lutheran Digest | |||
| 1985-1995 | Associate Pastor, Saint John Lutheran Church, Berlin, Wisconsin | ||
| 1982-1985 | Pastor, Our Savior Lutheran Church, Winchester, Virginia | ||
| Published Works | |||
| 1998 | Every Day Will I Bless Thee: Meditations for the Daily Office (Sussex, Wis.: Concordia Catechetical Academy) [Book of meditations for every day of the year, which seeks to use the language of faith, that is, to apply the medieval and patristic methods of exegesis to meditational commentary.] ISBN: 0-9664320-7-X | ||
| 1992 | Anselm and Luther on the Atonement: Was It 'Necessary'? (USA & UK: Edwin Mellen Press) [Doctoral dissertation] ISBN: 0-7734-9825-7 | ||
| Published Papers and Articles | |||
| Has been published in Concordia Theological Quarterly, Lutheran Confessional Review, and The Bride of Christ. | |||
| Speeches and Presentations | |||
| Over the years he has had several speaking engagements, including presentations for pastors in Wisconsin, for the St. Michael Liturgical Conference (Detroit), for the National Free Conference of Confessional Lutherans (Chicago), for the Heartland Region of campus parishes (Milwaukee), and at Canterbury, England, at the International Anselm Conference in 1993. | |||
| Honor and Awards | |||
| Miscellany | |||
| His areas of special scholarly interest include, besides medieval and Reformation history, Biblical exegesis, patristics, liturgics, and music. He has devoted particular attention to "the language of faith," a discipline concentrating on the study of medieval and patristic sources to consider their way of attending to the Sacred Scriptures in the framing of their own confessions of faith. | |||
| He also served on the Commission on Adjudication for the South Wisconsin District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. | |||
| He has also written several hymns, and a Christmas cantata "Shepherd of Israel" for mixed chorus, organ, and string ensemble, whose debut performance was in Kewanee in January 2000. | |||
| Personal | |||
| Dr. Eckardt was born on July 14, 1955, in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, one of four children born to a physician. He and his wife Carol have six sons. | |||