Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary
Dean and Professor of Liturgical & Historical Studies
Core Doctoral Faculty Member

At GTU since 1978

Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 1981
M.A., University of Notre Dame, 1977
M.Div., Luther Theological Seminary, 1970
B.A., cum laude, St. Olaf College, 1966

Phone: 510/559-2761
E-mail: aune@plts.edu

Current Research and Teaching Interests

• Magnificat: An Exploration of Worship in Word and Sacrament
• Discarding the Barthian Spectacles: Another Look at the History of Early 20th Century Theology
• Being Lutheran in "America": Cultural, Historical, and Theological Sketches

Selected Publications

• Religious and Social Ritual: Interdisciplinary Explorations, co. ed. Valerie DeMarinis (Albany: SUNY Press, 1996a).
• "The Subject of Religious Ritual: Ideology and Experience in Action" [In above volume] (1996b).
• "'Was This the Place?' Reading and Re-reading Ole Edvart Rølvaag on the Centennial of His Leaving Home," Norwegian-American Essays 1999 (Oslo: Norwegian-American Historical Association-Norge, 1999).
• "'Both Sides of the Hyphen': The Churchly and Ethnic Heritage of St. Olaf College," in Called to Serve: St. Olaf and the Vocation of a Church College, ed. Pamela Schwandt et al (Northfield: St. Olaf College Press, 1999).
• "A Heart Moved: Philip Melanchthon's Forgotten Truth About Worship." Lutheran Quarterly 12/4 (Winter 1998): 395-418.
• "The Changing World of Liturgy: A Response to John F. Baldovin." Anglican Theological Review 82/1 (Winter 2000): 83-92.