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Postmodern Preaching by David Lose 25k

David J. Lose
Academic Dean
The Marbury E. Anderson Chair in Biblical Preaching

David J. Lose joined the Luther Seminary faculty in July of 2000 as assistant professor of homiletics. In May 2005, he received the Marbury E. Anderson Chair in Biblical Preaching. In July of 2005 he was named academic dean.

Previously, Lose served as a pastor at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Princeton Junction, N.J., and as a teaching fellow and visiting lecturer at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, N.J.

He received his bachelor of arts degree in English and psychology from Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa., in 1988. He earned his master of divinity degree (1993) and his master of sacred theology (1997) from The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia. In May 2000, he earned his doctorate in homiletics from Princeton Theological Seminary.

Lose's professional experience also includes serving as visiting instructor at Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa (Spring 1999) and at New Brunswick Theological Seminary in New Brunswick, N.J. (Fall 1998). In addition, he has served as pastor for two other churches in New Jersey (1993-1998) and has taught English literature, composition and public speaking at The Culver Educational Foundation in Culver, Ind.

Lose is the author of Confessing Jesus Christ (Eerdmans, 2003), named one of the "Top 10 Books of 2004" by the Academy of Parish Clergy. He is the author of numerous articles on preaching, biblical interpretation and theology, and is the editor of New Directions in Preaching (forthcoming from Chalice Press), a collection of essays from a new generation of homiletical scholars.