Martin E Marty The Christian Century

Martin E Marty The Christian Century Martin e. marty. the century contributing editor's name has been on the masthead since 1956. he is an emeritus professor at the university of chicago. then & now. The road taken: marty's final column. at age 12, when i still thought i was or would be or could be a poet, john g. neihardt figured large in my imagination. for 50 plus years he was nebraska’s poet laureate . august 26, 2008. m.e.m.o.

Martin E Marty Britannica The marty people—formerly the martis, swiss lutherans who emigrated to america in 1869—had dirt. nebraska dirt. they mixed it with water and made houses. they set their houses against caves and rock formations and brought organs, linens and teacups into them. in the mud houses, they sang songs to god. they had sky, too. He has been a columnist and senior editor for the christian century magazine since 1956, edited the biweekly context newsletter from 1969 until 2010, and writes a weekly column distributed electronically as "sightings" by the martin marty center at the university of chicago divinity school. in addition, he has authored over 5,000 articles and. Martin e. marty (born february 5, 1928, west point, nebraska, u.s.) is an american historian of religion best known as the author of numerous works that examined trends in religion in their broader historical and cultural contexts. marty studied at concordia seminary in st. louis, missouri, receiving a b.a. in theology and church history (1949. Ordained a pastor within the conservative missouri synod of the lutheran church, marty is nonetheless liberal enough to be in the vanguard of the christian ecumenical movement and to act as contributing editor of the progressive protestant magazine christian century. while juggling these two careers, along with those of professor and scholar.