Marc Kolden
Olin S. and Amanda Fjelstad Reigstad Professor in Theology
2481 Como Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
mkolden@luthersem.edu
(651) 641-3217                                Office: GH 203
Fax:   641-3354                                     ext: 217
Office Hours: by appointment.

 

Courses

ST3415 The Holy Spirit, the Church, and the Triune God Spring 2008
ST2420 Ethic I: Introduction to Christian Ethics Spring 2008
ST3423 Ethics II: The Doctrine of Vocation Spring 2008
     
     

Resources

Speaking & Travel

 

Publications

Books

NEW!


By Faith Alone: Essays on Justification in Honor of Gerhard O. Forde.   Edited by Joseph A. Burgess and Marc Kolden. 
Eerdmans, 2004.  This book celebrates Gerhard Forde's distinguished career, but it also goes well beyond by offering a sustained and serious engagement with the doctrine of justification by faith alone.  Written by twenty theologians from seven countries and several different Christian communions, the book provides a full-orbed, cutting-edge discussion of the doctrine of justification from a wide range of perspectives.  Among the authors are Oswald Bayer, Avery Cardinal Dulles, Reginald Fuller, Leif Grane, Roy Harrisville, Scott Hendrix, Robert Kolb, George Lindbeck, Jane Strohl, Klaus Schwarzwäller, George Tavard, Tim Wengert, John H. Rodgers, Jr. and Vitor Westhelle. 
Available from the Luther Seminary Bookstore: www.luthersem.edu/bookstore

The Christian's Calling in the World, by Marc Kolden.
 A little book that opens up the world of Christian vocational history and molds it with creation to form a wonderful look at Christian calling and vocation in everyday life .  The book is broken into five sections and has reflection material and questions at the end of each for individual, small group, and/or any group with common vocations or activities. (2003)
 Available from Centered Life (at Luther Seminary)
and Luther Seminary Bookstore and at Luther Seminary Library.

Called & Ordained: Lutheran Perspectives on the Office of the Ministry.  Edited by Todd Nichol and Marc Kolden. 
What is Ministry?  And how are we to understand the distinctive ecclesiastical office known as ordained ministry?  With clarity and insight, this book takes the discussion behind the current impasse between functional and ontological definitions.  The contributors provide a distinctively American and ecumenical proposal that is consistent with the confession of justification by faith alone.  (Fortress Press, 1990)  Reprinted by Wipf and Stock Publishers, Eugene, OR in 2004.  Available from www.WipfandStock.com and Luther Seminary Bookstore; also at Luther Seminary Library.

 

Called By The Gospel: An Introduction to the Christian Faith, by Marc Kolden. 
What is Christianity?   Is it a religion - a movement - an experience - an organization - a way of life?  It is all of these, and more.  "I propose,"  Kolden says, "that we should think of Christianity primarily as a message - a message announcing what God has done, what he is doing, and what he will do." 
     In this introduction to the Christian faith, Dr. Kolden presents a clear, concise discussion of its central teachings:  faith and understanding, creation and sin, law and gospel, the church and the sacraments.  At every point, Dr. Kolden connects what we believe to how we live. (Augsburg Publishing House, 1983) Out of print. 
Available at Luther Seminary Library.

Essays & Articles

"Using Hymns to Tell the Christmas Story," Published online at the Center for Biblical Preaching, www.WorkingPreacher.org (Advent 2007).

"Christmas Hymns in Advent?  YES!  We need to connect with the Culture," World & World 27, Face to Face Section (Fall 2007) 452-54.

"Christmas Preaching in a Contemporary Context," Word & World 27 (Fall 2007) 436-43.

"Homosexuality and the Church's Witness in the ELCA's Current Struggle," Dialog 44 (Summer 2005) 137-45.

“Are You Serious? 1 Peter on Christian Life in a Complicated World,” Word & World 24 (Fall 2004) 421-29.

“Can We Agree to Disagree?” Lutheran Forum 37 (Winter 2003) 34-38.

Education/Curriculum Vitae:

Ordained Evangelical Lutheran Church
in America		 1978  

 

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Ph.D.

University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

1976

  
M.A. University of Chicago
Chicago, IL 		1969  
M.Div. Luther Theological Seminary
St. Paul, MN 		1966  
B.A.

Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

 1962  

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Last updated: November 22, 2004.

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