- Faculty
Mark W. Bartusch, M.Div., Ph.D.
- Associate Professor of Theology
- Valparaiso University, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
- Biblical Theology, Hebrew Language
mark.bartusch@valpo.edu
Matthew L. Becker, M.Div., Ph.D.
- Associate Professor of Theology
- Concordia Seminary (St. Louis), University of Chicago
- Modern Christian Thought
matthew.becker@valpo.edu
Richard E. DeMaris, M.Div., Ph.D.
- Professor of Theology
- University of Illinois-Urbana, Princeton Theological Seminary, Columbia University-Union Theological Seminary
- Archaeology and the New Testament World, Social Anthropology and Early Christian Communities, New Testament Literature: Pauline Letters, Mark, Luke-Acts
richard.demaris@valpo.edu
- Associate Professor of Theology
- Ball State University, University of Toronto
- Theology of Late Antiquity and Medieval Periods
lisa.driver@valpo.edu
Christoffer H. Grundmann, M.Th., D.Th, D.Th. habil.
- John R. Eckrich University Professor in Religion and the Healing Arts
- Missionsseminar Hermannsburg, Hermannsburg, Germany
- University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Dialogue between Medicine and Theology; Medical Missions (history and concepts); Genetics, the Brain and the Humanum; Body, Embodiment and Incarnation; Hermeneutics of the Body; Religion and the Healing Arts; Health, Healing and Salvation
christoffer.grundmann@valpo.edu
George C. Heider, M.Div., Ph.D.
- Associate Professor of Theology
- Concordia Seminary (St. Louis), Yale University
- Biblical Studies, Hebrew Language
George.Heider@valpo.edu
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Theology; Pastor, Union Community Church, Valparaiso
- Christianity and Social Context
Gregory.Jones@valpo.edu
- Lecturer in Theology
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
- Biblical Theology, Hebrew Language
Carolyn.Leeb@valpo.edu
Gilbert Meilaender, M.Div., Ph.D.
- Phyllis and Richard Duesenberg Professor of Christian Ethics
- Concordia Seminary (St. Louis), Washington University, Princeton University
- Christian Ethics
gilbert.meilaender@valpo.edu
- Professor of Theology
- Park College, Luther Theological Seminary, University of Chicago
- Philosophical Theology, Theology of Sexuality and Marriage, Jewish-Christian Dialogue, Theology and Science
james.moore@valpo.edu
Frederick A. Niedner, M.Div., Th.D.
- Professor of Theology
- Concordia Senior College, Concordia Seminary (St. Louis), Christ Seminary-Seminex
- Biblical Theology, Hebrew Language
fred.niedner@valpo.edu
- Surjit S. Patheja Chair in World Religions and Ethics
- Associate Professor of Theology
- Associate Professor of International Studies
- Southern Methodist University (M.T.S.); Boston University (Ph.D.)
- History of South Asian Religions; Hinduism; Kerala History; Malayalam Language and Literature;
Sanskrit; Hindi; Religion and Aesthetics; Comparative Religion; World Christianity; Theories and Methods in the Study of Religion
george.pati@valpo.edu
Ronald Rittgers , M.T.S., Ph.D.
- Erich Markel Chair in German Reformation Studies
- Professor of History and Theology
- Wheaton College (B.A.), Regent College (M.T.S.), Harvard University (Ph.D.)
- History and theology of the Reformation period
Ron.Rittgers@valpo.edu
- Lecturer in Theology, Program Director, Center for Church Vocations
- Concordia Theological Seminary (Ft. Wayne), University of Durham
- Theological Ethics, Systematic Theology
david.weber@valpo.edu
Associated Faculty
Dorothy C. Bass, M.A., Ph.D.
- Director, Valparaiso Project on the Education and Formation of People in Faith, Adjunct Professor of Theology
- Wellesley College, Union Theological Seminary and Columbia University, Brown University
- Church History, Women's Studies
dorothy.bass@valpo.edu
- Adjunct Instructor in Theology; Director of Education/Formation, Lutheran Deaconess Association
- Valparaiso University
Diane.Marten@valpo.edu
Faculty Emeriti
James W. Albers, M.Div., Th.D.
- Richard P. Baepler Distinguished Professor in the Humanities, Professor of Theology
- Concordia Senior College, Concordia Seminary (St. Louis), Concordia Seminary Graduate School
- Church History, History of Lutheranism, History of American Christianity
jim.albers@valpo.edu
Richard P. Baepler, M.Div., Ph.D.
- Emeritus Professor of Theology and Law
- Concordia Seminary (St. Louis), Theologische Hochschule (Hamburg), University of Erlangen, University of Chicago
- History of Christian Thought, Patristics, American Legal History
richard.baepler@valpo.edu
Daniel C. Brockopp, B.Th., S.T.M.
- Emeritus Pastor to the University
- Concordia Teacher's College (River Forest), Concordia Seminary (Springfield), Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
- Liturgical Theology, New Testament Theology
dan.brockopp@valpo.edu
- Professor Emeritus of Theology
- Concordia Seminary (St. Louis), University of Heidelberg, Yale Divinity School, University of Chicago
- Ethics and Society, Theological Ethics
Theodore M. Ludwig, M.Div., Th.D., Ph.D.
- Professor Emeritus of World Religions and Ethics
- Concordia Seminary (St. Louis), Concordia Seminary Graduate School, University of Chicago
- History of Religions, Japanese and Chinese Religions, Buddhism, Islam, Judaism, Hebrew Biblical Studies
ted.ludwig@valpo.edu
Karl E. Lutze, B.A., M.Div.
- Associate Professor Emeritus of Theology
- Concordia Seminary (St. Louis)
- Human Relations Issues, The Church and Social Victims
Edgar P. Senne, M.Div., M.A.Ed., M.A.
- Associate Professor Emeritus of Theology
- Concordia Seminary (St. Louis), Washington University, University of Chicago
- History of Religions, Native American Religions, African Religions, Pastoral Counseling
- Emil and Elfriede Jochum Professor of English and Theology
- Concordia Senior College, Miami University in Ohio, Christ Seminary-Seminex, Valparaiso University (lit. D.)
- Theology and Literature, Creative Writing