Darrell JodockEmeriti

Professor Jodock teaches in the area of Lutheran Studies. His teaching interests include Lutheran Studies, Christian-Jewish Relations, History of Christian Thought, and Nineteenth Century Theology. Jodock is the first holder of the Drell and Adeline Bernhardson Distinguished Professor of Religion. He is the recipient of the Danforth Graduate Fellowship and was elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa. He has also received the Wallenberg Tribute Award for interfaith activity.

Jodock’s books include The Church's Bible: Its Contemporary Authority (Fortress, 1989), three co-authored and edited pieces entitled Ritschl in Retrospect: History, Community, and Science (Fortress, 1995), Catholicism Contending with Modernity: Roman Catholic Modernism and Anti-Modernism in Historical Context (Cambridge, 2000), and Covenantal Conversations: Christians in Dialogue with Jews and Judaism (Fortress, 2008). He has contributed articles to Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Interpretation, Scottish Journal of Theology, Word and World, Dialog, The Christian Century, Downside Review, Currents in Theology and Mission, Lutheran Partners, Intersections, and The Lutheran.

Jodock came to Gustavus from Muhlenberg College (Allentown, PA). There he was a Professor of Religion and from 1978 to 1992 the Head of Muhlenberg's Religion Department. Prior to 1978, Jodock taught for seven years at Luther Theological Seminary (St. Paul, MN) and served for two years as a parish pastor on the staff of Grace Lutheran Church in Washington, DC. At Gustavus since 1999.

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