Lectures on Genesis: October 30 update

The lectures on Genesis are now updated to October 30, Genesis 1:1-23. This is through the fifth day of creation.

Curriculum vitae

Rev. Fr. Burnell F. Eckardt Jr., M.Div., STM, Ph.D. Editor-in-chief; Departmental Editor: Liturgical Observer, Pondering the Holy Liturgy.

Pastor, Saint Paul Lutheran Church, Kewanee, Illinois (LCMS)
Online Instructor in Major World Religions and Logic, John Wood Community College, Quincy Illinois

Education & Degrees

1991 Ph.D, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Concentration 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, with concentration 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, majoring in exegetical theology. Thesis -- "The Christological nature of the Psalter"

1977 B.S. University of Wisconsin, majoring in 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 Digest1985-1995 Associate Pastor, Saint John Lutheran Church, Berlin, Wisconsin 1982-1985 Pastor, Our Savior Lutheran Church, Winchester, Virginia

Published Works 2010 The New Testament in His Blood: A Study of the Holy Liturgy of the Christian Church (Kewanee, Ill.:Gottesdienst); 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 1992Anselm 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 numerous speaking engagements in the US and overseas.

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.

Fr. 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, three daughters-in-law, and two grandchildren.

Updated - February 14, 2011

Sunday, October 30, 2011

October 30 update

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