Dr. John Maxfield
Professor, History and Religious Studies
Education
- PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary, 2004
- MA, Indiana University, 1990
- MDiv, Concordia Theological Seminary, 1989
- BA, Gettysburg College, 1985
- AA, Bethany Lutheran College, 1983
Courses Regularly Taught
HIS 206 History of Christianity
HIS 207 Europe in the Central Middle Ages
HIS 212 The Renaissance
HIS 213 The Sixteenth Century
HIS 309 Luther and the Reformation
HIS 340 Light on Europe in the “Dark Ages”
REL 499 (Capstone Seminar, in rotation alternate years): The Reformation: Ecclesiology and Spirituality
Select Publications
Becoming Lutheran: The Community of Brunswick from Evangelical Reform to Lutheran Culture. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, forthcoming (2024)
Luther鈥檚 Lectures on Genesis and the Formation of Evangelical Identity. Sixteenth Century Essays and Studies, 80. Kirksville, MO: Truman State University Press, 2008.
鈥淪tanding Firm in the Faith: Martin Luther at the Diet of Worms, 1521.鈥� Lutheran Theological Review 34 (2022): 17-34.
Introduction, translation, and annotations of 鈥淧reface to Volume 1 of Lectures on Genesis鈥� by Martin Luther. Luther鈥檚 Works (American Edition), Vol. 62: Sermons on Exodus Chapters 1-20, 419-429. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2022.
Introduction, translation, and annotations of 鈥淩ecantation of Purgatory鈥� by Martin Luther. Luther鈥檚 Works (American Edition), Vol. 61: Theological and Polemical Works, 217-244. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2021.
鈥淟uther as a German Hero.鈥� In Martin Luther in Context, edited by David M. Whitford, 409-416. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
鈥淭he Enduring Importance of Luther鈥檚 Exposition of the Old Testament as Christian Revelation.鈥� In Defending Luther鈥檚 Reformation: Its Ongoing Significance in the Face of Contemporary Challenges, edited by John A. Maxfield, 123-53.St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2017.
(Editor). Defending Luther鈥檚 Reformation: Its Ongoing Significance in the Face of Contemporary Challenges.St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2017.
Introduction, Translations, and Annotations, 鈥淪elected Letters of Pastoral and Spiritual Counsel.鈥� In The Annotated Luther. Vol. 4: Pastoral Writings, edited by Mary Jane Haemig, 429-73. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2016.
鈥淏iblical Commentary: Old Testament.鈥� In The Oxford Encyclopedia of Martin Luther, (edited by Derek R. Nelson and Paul R. Hinlicky, 1:166-181. 3 vols. Oxford: Oxford University, 2017.
鈥淢artin Luther as Professor of Theology and Teacher of the Bible: The Preface to His Genesis Lectures (1543).鈥� Lutheran Theological Journal 49, no. 2 (August 2015): 74-85.
鈥淢artin Luther鈥檚 Swan Song: Luther鈥檚 AV无码, Melanchthon, and the Publication of the Lectures on Genesis (1544-1554).鈥� Lutherjahrbuch. Organ der internationalen Lutherforschung 81 (2014): 224-48.
鈥淢artin Luther and Idolatry.鈥� In The Reformation as Christianization: Essays on Scott Hendrix鈥檚 Christianization Thesis, edited by Anna Marie Johnson and John A. Maxfield. T眉bingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2012,
(with Anna Marie Johnson). Introduction to The Reformation as Christianization: Essays on Scott Hendrix鈥檚 Christianization Thesis.
鈥淟uther, Zwingli, and Calvin on the Significance of Christ鈥檚 Death.鈥� Concordia Theological Quarterly 75, nos. 1-2 (January/April 2011): 87-106.
Introduction and annotations to Martin Luther, Preface to Caspar Huberinus, On the Wrath and Mercy of God (1 Samuel 2 [:6]) and How One Should Comfort and Speak to the Dying (1534). Luther鈥檚 Works. American Edition, vol. 60:66-69. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2011.
Introduction and annotations to Martin Luther, Preface to Wenceslaus Linck, Annotations to the Five Books of Moses (1543). Luther鈥檚 Works. American Edition, vol. 60:295-302. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2011.
鈥淭he Freedom of the Will in Catholic Reform and Counter Reformation.鈥� Evangelical Lutheran Synod Quarterly 49/1 (March 2009): 59-79.
鈥淢artin Luther on Hearing Holy Scripture as the Word of God.鈥� In The Pieper Lectures. Volume 9: The Bible in the History of the Lutheran Church. Edited by John A. Maxfield, 1-18. St. Louis: Concordia Historical Institute and The Luther Academy, 2005.
鈥淒ivine Providence, History and Progress in Saint Augustine鈥檚 City of God.鈥� Concordia Theological Quarterly 66/4 (October 2002): 339-60.
鈥淐atholic or Heretic? Martin Luther as Rebel and Reformer.鈥� In The Pieper Lectures. Volume 5: Lutheran Catholicity. Edited by John A. Maxfield, 34-57. St. Louis: Concordia Historical Institute and The Luther Academy, 2001.