Dr. James M. Brandt
Professor Emeritus of Historical Theology
Email: jbrandt@spst.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Disciplinary Interests
• If you had to write a thesis next semester based on your current theological, historical or biblical interests, what would the topic/title be?
• If a student contacted you to be their advisor on a research project, what area/s would excite/interest you enough to say yes?
Education
PhD, University of Chicago
MDiv, Luther Theological Seminary
BA, St. Olaf College
Dr. James Brandt
"I understand theology to be disciplined, critical reflection on the Christian faith. Theology is "faith seeking understanding." This means that theology begins from faith and seeks for deeper understanding of the dynamics of faith."
Denomination
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), Ordained Minister
Discipline or Specialty
Primary: Historical Theology and Ethics, Church History
Secondary: Practical Theology, Contextual Education, Spirituality, Social Ministry
Representative Courses Taught
Preparing for Local Ministries
19th Century Protestant Theology
Luther and Schleiermacher
Immersion: Guatemala
Recent Publications
"Historical Theology," in The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology, Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore, ed. (Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012).
Schleiermacher's Christian Ethics: Selections, translator (Louisville: Westminister John Knox Press, 2011).
"Interpretation of Culture in Schleiermacher's Christian Ethics," in Schleiermacher, the Study of Religion, and the Future of Theology (Berlin: deGruyter, 2010).
Articles on the Enlightenment, Immanuel Kant, Gottfried Wilhelm Lessing, Wilhelm Dilthey, Atheism Controversy, Siegmund Jakob Baumgarten, Ferdinand Kattenbusch, Johann August Wilhelm Neander, Wilhelm Abraham Teller, Friedrich August Gottreu Tholuck, Julius August Ludwig Wegscheider in New Westminster Dictionary of Church History, Volume 2, Robert Benedetto, ed. (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, forthcoming).
"Theological Reflections," Lectionary Homiletics (May 2006).
All Things New: Reform of Church and Society in Schleiermacher's Christian Ethics (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2001).
