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Christian von Dehsen

Chair, Humanities Division, Professor of Religion

Christian D. von Dehsen has a balanced background, having worked as an assistant pastor and a research associate before joining the Carthage faculty in 1988. He is the Book Review Editor for the Lutheran Forum and Reformed Liturgy and Music and has published a collaborated paper, "Policy and Politics: The Genesis and Theology of Social Statements in the Lutheran Church in America."

Von Dehsen's course offerings include the Pentateuch, Christologies of the New Testament, Greek, and Introduction to the New Testament. He received his B.A. degree at Queens College/The City University of New York, his M.Div. degree at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, and his M.Phil. and Ph.D. at Union Theological Seminary in New York. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.