Kurt Hendel

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Ordination

• January 17, 1976 at Bethel Lutheran Church, University City, MO

Professional Experience

• 2021 – 2022 Acting Director of Advanced Studies, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Chicago, IL
• 2002 – 2015 Bernard, Fischer, Westberg Distinguished Ministry Professor of Reformation History, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Chicago, IL
• 2009 – 2012 Co-editor, Currents in Theology and Mission, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Chicago, IL
• 2007 – 2008 Acting Director of Field Education, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Chicago, IL
• 1995 – 1997 Coordinator of the Self-Study for accreditation, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Chicago, IL
• 1991 – 2002 Christ Seminary-Seminex Professor of Reformation History, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Chicago, IL
• 1990 Acting Director of Continuing Education, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Chicago, IL
• 1987 Acting Director of Graduate Studies, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Chicago, IL
• 1986 – 1992; 1993 – 1999; 2004 – 2005 Chairperson of Division II, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Chicago, IL
• 1985 – 2009; 2012 – 2015 Director of the M.A. Programs, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Chicago, IL
• 1983 – 1985 Assistant to the Dean, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Chicago, IL
• 1983 – 1991 Christ Seminary-Seminex Associate Professor of Reformation History, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Chicago, IL
• 1981 – 1983 Associate Professor of Historical Theology, Christ Seminary-Seminex, St. Louis, MO
• 1981 – 1983 Chairperson of the Department of Historical Theology, Christ Seminary-Seminex, St. Louis, MO
• 1978 – 1980 Chairperson of the Faculty, Christ Seminary-Seminex, St. Louis, MO
• 1977 – 1980; 1981 – 1983 Director of Financial Aid, Christ Seminary-Seminex, St. Louis, MO
• 1975 – 1981 Assistant Professor of Historical Theology, Christ Seminary-Seminex, St. Louis, MO
• 1974 – 1983 Assistant to the Pastor, Bethel Lutheran Church, University City, MO
• 1974 – 1975 Visiting Instructor, Concordia Seminary in Exile, St. Louis, MO
• 1973 – 1974 Visiting Instructor, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO
• 1972 – 1973 Teaching Associate, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Professional Organizations

• American Historical Association
• American Society for Reformation Research
• American Society of Church History
• The Sixteenth Century Studies Conference

Publications

• Review of Luther’s Large Catechism with Annotations and Contemporary Applications, ed. by John T. Pless and Larry M. Vogel, Lutheran Quarterly – accepted for publication
• Afterword in Schroeder, Edward H. Seminex Remembered. Ed. by Michael Hoy. St. Louis: The Crossings Community, Inc., 2023, pp. 50-56.
• Review of Martin Luther and Buddhism: Towards a Dynamic Transformation of Myanmar Society. Reviewed for Lexington Books, Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group
• Review of Cajetan und Luther. Rekonstruktion einer Begegnung, ed. by Michael Basse and Marcel Nieden, Lutheran Quarterly, 37,3 (Autumn, 2023), 354-355. 
• Translator and editor of Helmut Hartmann. The Quest for Faithfulness. Eugene, Oregon: Resource Publications, Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2019.
• Translation and introduction. “Augustin Alveldt: A Sermon in which Brother Augustin Alveldt Expresses His Complaint,” in Luther as Heretic: Ten Catholic Responses to Martin Luther. Ed. by M. Patrick Graham and David Bagchi. Eugene, Oregon: Pickwick Publications, Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2019, pp. 82-101.
• Review of Initia Reformationis. Wittenberg und die Frühe Reformation, by Irene Dingel et al., Lutheran Quarterly, 33,3 (Autumn, 2019), 331-333.
• “Another Quincentennial: To the Christian Nobility (1520).” Lutheran Quarterly, 33,2 (Summer, 2019), 188-196.
• “Another Quincentennial: The 1519 Leipzig Debate.” Lutheran Quarterly, 32,4 (Winter, 2018), 446-454.
• Review of Sola Scriptura im Kontext: Behauptung und Bestreitung des reformatorischen Schriftprinzips, by Friedemann Stengel, Lutheran Quarterly, 31,4 (Winter, 2017), 489-491.
• “Bugenhagen, Johannes” and “Luther and Ordained Ministry” in Encyclopedia of Martin Luther and the Reformation. Ed. by Mark A. Lamport. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2017.
• Translation and editing of Luther, Martin, A Sermon about Jesus Christ preached at the Court in Torgau, Luther’s Works, vol. 57 (Sermons IV). St Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2016.
• Review of Psalmenrezeption im reformatorischen Liedgut: Entstehung, Gestalt und konfessionale Eigenarten des Psalmliedes, 1523-1560, by Andrea Hofmann, Lutheran Quarterly, 30,4 (Winter, 2016), 461-463.
• Review of Unser Martin: Martin Luther aus der Sicht katholischer Sympathisanten by Franz Posset, Lutheran Quarterly, 30,1 (Spring, 2016), 106-108.
• “Johannes Bugenhagen Pomeranus, Servant of the Gospel,” Lutheran Forum
• “Finitum capax Infiniti: Luther’s Radical Incarnational Perspective,” in Kirsi I. Stjerna and Brooks Schramm, eds. Encounters with Luther: New Directions For Critical Studies. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2016.
• Translation, annotation, and illustration of “The Smalcald Articles,” in Kirsi Stjerna, ed. Word and Faith. Vol. 2 of The Annotated Luther. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2015. 
• Johannes Bugenhagen: Selected Writings. 2 vols. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2015.
• “Theology of the Cross: A Theology of Revelation”: essay published in The Lutheran (October 2012).
• Editor, Currents in Theology and Mission: I edited and wrote editorials for the following issues: June, 2009 (36,3); August, 2009 (36,4); December, 2009 (36,6); December, 2010 (37,6); April, 2011 (38,2);        June, 2012 (39,3); October, 2012 (39,5); consulted on February (37,1) and June (37,3), 2010 issues 
• Translation and editing of Luther, Martin. Preface to Ambrosius Moibanus, The Glorious Commission of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior (Mark 16[:15]) (1537) in Christopher Boyd Brown, ed. Luther’s Works, Vol. 60, Prefaces. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2011.
• Review of The Pastoral Luther. Essays on Martin Luther’s Practical Theology by Timothy J. Wengert, ed. Lutheran Quarterly, 25, 3 (Autumn, 2011), 337-340.
•  Review of Early Protestant Spirituality by Scott H. Hendrix, ed. Religious Studies Review, 37,3 (Summer, 2011), 192.
• “Paul and the Care of the Poor During the Sixteenth Century: A Case Study,” in Holder, R. Ward, Ed. A Companion to Paul in the Reformation Brill’s Companions to the Christian Tradition, 16. Leiden: Brill, 2009, pp. 543-573.
• Review of Fortress Introduction to Salvation and the Cross, by David A. Brondos. Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology, 63,4 (October, 2009), 425-426.
• Review of Ordination in Wittenberg. Die Einsetzung des kirchlichen Amt in Kursachsen zu Zeit der Reformation by Martin Krarup. Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 60,3 (July, 2009), 597-598.
• “Faithfulness: Luther’s Vision of Excellence in Ministry.” Currents in Theology and Mission, 36,3 (June, 2009), 170-198.
• “The Historical Context of the Barmen Declaration.” Currents in Theology and Mission, 36,2 (April, 2009), 133-136.
• Articles on Johannes Bugenhagen, Johannes Brenz, Lefèvre d’Étaples, Moritz of Saxony, Thomas Murner, the Pack Affair, Urbanus Rhegius, Hans Sachs and Franz von Sickingen for: Benedetto, Robert, ed. New Westminster Dictionary of Church History, Vol. 1. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2008.
• “Finitum capax Infiniti: Luther’s Radical Incarnational Perspective,” Currents in Theology and Mission, 35,6 (December, 2008), 420-433.
• “Finitum capax Infiniti: Luther’s Radical Incarnational Perspective.” Seminary Ridge Review, 10,2 (June, 2008), 20-35.
• “’No Salvation Outside the Church’ in light of Luther’s Dialectic of the Hidden and Revealed God.” Currents in Theology and Mission, 35,4 (April, 2008), 248-257.
• Review of Two Reformers. Martin Luther and Mary Daly as Political Theologians by Caryn D. Riswold. Currents in Theology and Mission, 35,1 (February, 2008), 62.
• Review of Bound Choice, Election, and Wittenberg Method:  From Martin Luther to the Formula of Concord, by Robert Kolb. The Catholic Historical Review, 62,4 (October, 2006).
• “Johannes Bugenhagen, Organizer of the Lutheran Reformation.” Lutheran Quarterly, 18, 1 (Spring, 2004), 43-75.
• “Three Women watch their husbands’ back: Walpurga Bugenhagen, Anna Rhegius and [Anna] Margarethe Corvin.” Lutheran Quarterly, 18, 1 (Spring, 2004), 28-42. Translation of “Drei Frauen halten ihren Männern den Rücken frei: Walpurga Bugenhagen, Anna Rhegius und [Anna] Margarethe Corvin,” by Inge Mager. Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für niedersächsische Kirchengeschichte, XCVII  (1999), 237-248.
• “The Material as a Vehicle of the Divine.” Currents in Theology and Mission, 28, 3-4 (June and August, 2001), 326-334.
• Review of Habsucht bei Martin Luther: Ökumenisches und theologisches Denken, Tradition und und Soziale Wirklichkeit im Zeitalter der Reformation by Ricardo Rieth. Lutheran Quarterly, 12,2 (Summer, 1999),       222-225.
• Review of Luther and the German Humanists, by Lewis W. Spitz. Lutheran Quarterly, 12,3 (Autumn, 1998), 358-360.
• Review of The Catholicity of the Reformation, by Carl E. Braaten and Robert W. Jenson. The Christian Century (October 15, 1997), pp. 918-921.
• “Theology of the Cross.” Currents in Theology and Mission, 24, 3 (June, 1997), 223-231.
• Introduction to and translation of A Christian Sermon over the Body and at the Funeral of the Venerable Dr.  Martin Luther, Preached by Mr. Johann Bugenhagen  Pomeranus, Doctor and Pastor of the Churches in Wittenberg.  Atlanta: Pitts Theology Library, 1996.
• Review of The Decalogue and a Human Future, by Paul Lehmann. Introduction by Nancy J. Duff. Lutheran Quarterly, 10, 3 (Autumn, 1996), 345-348.
• Review of Antiklerikalismus und Reformation, by Hans-Jürgen Goertz. The Sixteenth Century Journal, XXVII, 2 (Summer, 1996), 634-635.
• Review of Johannes Bugenhagens Rechtfertigungslehre und der Römische Katholizismus. Studien zum Sendbrief an die Hamburger (1525), by Ralf Kötter. The Sixteenth Century Journal, XXVII, 1 (Spring, 1996), 289-291.
• Review of The Catholic Roots of the Protestant Gospel: Encounter between the Middle Ages and the Reformation, by Stephen Strehle. The Sixteenth Century Journal, XXVI, 4 (Winter, 1995), 1002-1003.
• “Luther’s Responsibility for the Theory and Practice of 16th-Century Lutheran Churches.” Report on Seminar 3 of the Eighth International Congress for Luther Research. Lutherjahrbuch, LXII (1995), 196-198.
• Review of The Fabricated Luther, by Uwe Siemon-Netto. Lutheran Quarterly, IX, 3 (Autumn, 1995), 342-345.
• Review of Problems of Authority in the Reformation Debates, by G. R. Evans. The Thomist , LIX, 2 (April, 1995), 326-330.
• Review of Geschichte des Pietismus, Vol. 1, by Martin Brecht, ed. Lutheran Quarterly, IX, 1 (Spring, 1995), 80-83.
• “The Doctrine of the Ministry: The Reformation Heritage.” Luther Digest, II (1994), 75-76.
• Review of Luther’s Approach to Scripture as Seen in his “Commentaries” on Galatians 1518-1538, by Kenneth Hagen. The Sixteenth Century Journal, XXV, 4 (Winter, 1994), 946-948.
• Review of Martin Luther.  His Road to Reformation 1483-1521, by Martin Brecht. The Sixteenth Century Journal, XXV, 2 (Summer, 1994), 449-450.
• Review of Black Christians: The Untold Lutheran Story, by Jeff G. Johnson. Lutheran Quarterly, 8, 2 (Summer, 1994), 216-218.
• Review of Beyond Charity: Reformation Initiatives for the Poor, by Carter Lindberg. Lutheran Quarterly, 8, 1, (Spring, 1994), 71-73.
• Review of Outmoded Condemnations?, by the Faculty of Theology of the University of Göttingen. Lutheran Quarterly, 8, 4 (Winter, 1993), 469-471.
• Comparative review of Martin Luther.  Theology and Revolution, by Gerhard Brendler and Luther.  Man Between God and the Devil, by Heiko Oberman. Modern Theology, VIII, 3 (July, 1992), 312-315.
• Review of War Against the Idols, by Carlos M. N. Eire. Lutheran Quarterly, 5, 1 (Spring, 1991), 116-117.
• Review of The German People and the Reformation, ed. by R. Po-chia Hsia. Lutheran Quarterly, 4, 2 (Summer, 1990), 234-236.
• “The Doctrine of the Ministry: The Reformation Heritage.” Currents in Theology and Mission, 17, 1 (February, 1990), 23-33.
• “Luther and Sacramental Theology.” Resource tape, Series 16, No. 10 (October, 1989).
• “The Care of the Poor:  An Evangelical Perspective.” Currents in Theology and Mission, 15, 6 (December, 1988), 526-532.
• Review of Martin Luther.  An Introduction to His Life and Work, by Bernhard Lohse. Currents in Theology and Mission, 15, 5 (October, 1988), 453-454.
• “The Word Must be Proclaimed: Luther on Ministry.” Currents in Theology and Mission, 15, 1 (February, 1988), 112-119.
• Review of The Rise of Christianity, by W. H. C. Frend. Currents in Theology and Mission, 13, 4 (August, 1986), 245-246.
• “Johannes Bugenhagen: A Retrospect on His 500th Birthday.” Currents in Theology and Mission, 12, 5 (October, 1985), 277-289.
• “Philip of Hesse: Militant Confessor.” Currents in Theology and Mission, 7, 6 (December, 1980), 369-373.
• “Elector John of Saxony: Steadfast Confessor.” Currents in Theology and Mission, 7, 5 (October, 1980), 297-300.
• “John Bugenhagen: Confessor Behind the Scenes.” Currents in Theology and Mission, 7, 4 (August, 1980), 243-245.
• “Martin Luther: Impatient Confessor.” Currents in Theology and Mission, 7, 3 (June, 1980), 176-179.
• “Philip Melanchthon: Controversial Reformer.” Currents in Theology and Mission, 7,1 (February, 1980), 53-55.
• Articles on Johannes Bugenhagen, Conciliarism, Martin Luther and Marsiglio of Padua in: The Holy Roman Empire.  Edited by Jonathan W. Zophy.  Westport, Connecticut:  Greenwood Press, 1980.
• Digest: “Christianity and Other Religions.”  Theology Digest, XXVII, (Summer, 1979), 121-124.
• Abstract:  “Bridges Between Christian and Buddhist Spirituality.” Theology Abstracts, XXVI, 2 (Summer, 1978), 131-133.
• Abstract: “Mark and Early Christian Theology.” Theology Abstracts, XXVI, 1 (Spring, 1978), 28-29.
• Sections on the Church of the Augsburg Confession and on the Radical Reformation in: Piepkorn, Arthur Carl. Profiles in Belief: The Religious Bodies of the United States and Canada. Vol. II. New York: Harper & Row, 1978.
• “Motives in the Quest for Religious Freedom.” Currents in Theology and Mission, 3, 4 (August, 1976), 211-218.
• Review of Confrontation at Worms, by DeLamar Jensen. The Sixteenth Century Journal, V, 3 (Fall, 1974), 133.
• Translation: Liermann, Hans.  “Protestant Endowment Law in the Franconian Church Ordinances of the Sixteenth Century.” The Social History of the Reformation.  Ed. by Lawrence P. Buck and Jonathan W. Zophy. Columbus, Ohio: The Ohio State University Press, 1972.
• “Johannes Bugenhagen’s Educational Contributions,” unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, The Ohio State University, 1974.
• “Luther’s Use of the Sermon for Teaching Purposes,” unpublished M.A. Thesis, The Ohio State University,  1971.