Erik Herrmann
Dr. Herrmann is an accomplished historian and professor with an extensive experience in higher education. He is internationally recognized for his research, writing prolifically on Luther, Lutheran Theology, and the Reformation. His work as an editor and as a author includes many articles, such as “Luther’s Divine Aeneid: Continuity and Creativity in Reforming the Use of the Bible,” in Lutherjahrbuch and "Breathed Through Silver: C. S. Lewis and the Truth of Beauty" in Concordia Journal, as well as books such as The Babylonian Captivity of the Church, 1520: The Annotated Luther, and From Wittenberg to the World: Essays on the Reformation and Its Legacy in Honor of Robert Kolb. In the past, he has served as a professor of historical theology at Concordia Seminary, St Louis, MO and as the Director of the Center for Reformation Research. He also has pastoral experience, working as an assistant pastor of Timothy Lutheran Church, St. Louis. He teaches historical theology at the Christ School of Theology with a particular emphasis on Reformation studies and the history of exegesis.
Education:
- Ph. D. Concordia Seminary, St. Louis (2005)
- M. Div. Concordia Seminary, St. Louis (2000)
- B. A. Concordia University Wisconsin (1995)