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Ted Peters Named Martin E. Marty Professor of Religion and the Academy
Ted Peters, professor of systematic theology at the Graduate Theological Union and Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, has been named the Martin E. Marty Professor of Religion and the Academy at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. Marty is a renowned observer and historiographer of 19th and 20th century of American Religion.
Peters, a renowned author and scholar focusing on the interplay between theology and science, will serve in this capacity for the 2009 calendar year. During his residency at St. Olaf, he will teach, sponsor colloquia and dialogues with faculty and students, and lead a faculty seminar.
"We are grateful that Professor Peters has been able to accommodate his busy schedule in order to spend time with us and share his expertise, and we look forward to welcoming him to St. Olaf as the college's second Martin E. Marty Professor of Religion and the Academy," St. Olaf President David R. Anderson said.
Peters holds degrees from Michigan State University, Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Wittenberg University, and the University of Chicago, where he studied with the chair’s namesake.
A noted theologian and ethicist, Peters is the author, co-author, or editor of more than a dozen books, including The Stem Cell Debate; Can You Believe in God and Evolution?: A Guide for the Perplexed; Science, Theology, and Ethics; Bridging Science and Religion; Playing God? Genetic Determinism and Human Freedom; and GOD: The World’s Future: Systemic Theology for a New Era. He is the editor of Dialog: A Journal of Theology, and serves as co-editor of Theology and Science, the scholarly journal of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences in Berkeley.
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