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Pr. Peter D. S. Krey, M.Div., Ph.D.

Website: peterkrey.wordpress.com

Born in Erfurt, Germany

Married Nora Zapata of Bogota, Colombia

 

 

 

 

 

(See below for Curriculum Vitae)

 

 

Dissertation

 

Sword of the Spirit, Sword of Iron

 

 

Scholardarity Books

 

I Am, Therefore I Think: A Historical Introduction to Philosophy

 

 

 

Scholardarity Articles

 

Dobzhansky, Theodosius.    The Biology of Ultimate Concern

 

The Ethics of Belief: James versus Clifford

 

The Garden of Eden and Eternity in Time

 

The Impact of Language on Society (PDF)

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Juergen Habermas: the Life-World and the Two Systems (PDF)

 

Justification is not by Race — Luther’s Theology and a Biblical Basis for Antiracism (Also available as a PDF)

 

Whitford, David M.    Luther: A Guide for the Perplexed

 

Luther and Heraclitus

 

Martin Luther and Theologia Germanica and
the Philosophical Influence of Boethius

 

The Metaphysical Apple

 

Notes on another Reading of Martin Luther’s “Freedom of a Christian” (PDF)

 

Part 1: Luther in Relation to the Peasants’ War

 

Part 2: Luther and The Niebuhr Brothers

 

Part 3: Apologists for Luther’s Theology and the Two Kingdom Theory

 

Part 4: The Great Peasants War: A Little Known Story

 

Luther and the 28 Articles of Erfurt

 

The Great German Peasants’ War: a Social-Linguistic Approach

 

 

Science and the Hidden versus the Revealed God

 

Themes in the Life and Thought of Luther: Six Mini-Lectures

 

What Happened to the Reformation?

 

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Curriculum Vitae

Education

1992-01   Graduate Theological Union Berkeley, California: History of Christianity

Doctor of Philosophy, May 10^th 2001

Dissertation: Sword of the Spirit, Sword of Iron: Word of God, Scripture, Gospel, and Law in Luther’s Most Often Published Pamphlets 1520-1525

Doctoral Committee:  Prof. Christopher Ocker, Chair,

San Francisco Theological Seminary, San Anselmo, California

Prof. Thomas A. Brady, Jr., University of California at Berkeley

^Prof. Timothy Lull, Pres., Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary

Dissertation Abstract:

The first part of this dissertation contains bibliographical research results regarding Martin Luther’s best-selling pamphlets. In part two Luther is studied as a pamphlet writer, and the four themes of the title are traced through his most often published pamphlets, arguing that Luther carves out an inward realm of Christian freedom that promotes a sense of self and social agency, which stress spontaneity and freedom against what Luther perceived as a juridical or even legalistic ethos of the church of his day.

(During the research for this study, I discovered that much more was involved than a “juridical or even legalistic ethos.” Two ecclesiastical court systems existed when Luther committed the canon law to the flames on December 10^th 1520. The church’s legislation through these powerful courts allowed it to rule by law with complete jurisdiction over some people and some jurisdiction over all people of that day.)

Five Comprehensive Examinations Areas

1. Early Church: Origen, Council of Chalcedon, Monasticism 2. Modern Church History: Non-Western, Africa, Asia, Latin America, Vatican I and Vatican II, Christianity in Latin America andCapitalism with a Human Face for Community

3. Martin Luther, Early Modern Europe, and the Reformation 4. Research Paper for Oral Examination:  The Peasants’ War and the Word of God, the Failed Popular Reformation of 1525: a Social Linguistic Approach (passed 5/13/97)

5. Luther and the Peasants’ War: Twentieth Century Debate

Before my Ph.D. Graduate Studies

1967-71   Hamma School of Theology at Wittenberg University Springfield, Ohio     M.Div. Degree

1962-67   Northeastern University, Boston, Mass B.A. Degree with High Honor Cooperative five year Work-Study Program, with English Teaching Certificate

1958-62   Haverhill and Wilmington High Schools, Massachusetts (Valedictorian)

Other Educational experiences without degrees

1990-92   Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia

1973-75   Free University, Berlin, Germany (Helmut Gollwitzer)

1970      Clinical Pastoral Education in Los Angeles

1968-69   and 1976 Inner-city Ministry Training First Lutheran Church, Cincinnati, Ohio under the Rev. Leslie C. Schulz, D.D.

Publications

Worship Song Book and CD: 12 Songs with 15 tracks on the CD, Self-Published and available for purchase. (I’m a trumpet player and have composed about 65 songs.)

Luther’s Spirituality: with Dr. Philip Krey, (New York: Paulist Press, March 2007).

“Luther’s In Depth Theology and Theological Therapy,” SeminaryRidge Review vol. 11 No. 1-2 (Autumn 2008-Spring 2009): 97-115.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Berlin (1932-1933) Vol. 12, First translator: the Definitive English Edition of Bonhoeffer’s Works.

Pending Publication

Reformation Commentary on Romans, chapters 9-16, InterVarsity Press, projected for 2013.

Word of God, Theology of the Cross, and the Language of God: Luther’s Commentary on the Joseph Narratives. Augsburg Fortress, hopefully.

Languages

Classical languages:  Latin, Greek, and Hebrew / Modern Languages: German: fluent, French in college and graduate school and Spanish in ten years of ministry.

Professional Academic Experience

Gettysburg Symposium Luther Lecture: “Luther’s In-depth Theology and the Possibility of Theological Therapy” (10/29/2008)

Instructor, Philadelphia Community College, 2007: History of Western Civilization, Part II, Instructor, Diablo Valley College, 2004-2006: Philosophy of Religion, History of Philosophy Part I and II; and Introduction to Philosophy / Instructor, Vista, Alameda, Laney Community Colleges, 2002-2006: Human Values/ Ethics and Introduction to Philosophy Belief and Believers: Comparative Religions / Instructor, Los Medanos Community College, 2001-2006: Introduction to Philosophy, Honors Comparative Religions, Ethical Inquiry into Contemporary Societal Issues, and Critical Thinking/ Logic

Lecture Series, Concept 2000, Four Lectures, San Jose, CA, 1997, “Language and Social Change”

Teaching Assistant, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Introductory Theology for Pres. Timothy Lull, 1994-1998 and for Advanced Luther Readings for Prof. Robert Goeser, 1995-2000

Unpublished Work

June 1, 1996  Emil Durkheim’s Sociology (for Robert Bellah)

Spring, 1996  Robert Bellah’s Sociology of Religion Lectures Edited and Annotated by Peter Krey

May 6, 1996   “Performative Declarations” (for John Searle)

May 9, 1995   Hegel and the Trinity: Does the Immanent Trinity Precede the Economic Trinity in Hegel? (for Claude Welch)

Dec. 9, 1993   Book Reviews: Carlos M.N. Eire, War Against the Idols and Miri Rubin, Corpus Christi: the Eucharist in Late Medieval Culture

Dec. 30, 1993  Body and Word: Luther’s Eucharistic Language (for Christopher Ocker)

Summer, 1993 “Shinran, the Japanese ‘Luther’ of Pureland Buddhism” (a lecture)

June 6, 1993  Theology of the Word, the Cross, and Language: Luther’s Last Lectures on the Joseph Narratives in Genesis (for Robert Goeser)

Nov. 27, 1992 “Martin Luther, the 28 Articles of Erfurt and the Communal Reformation” (for Peter Blickle)

Some of my Pre-Graduate Unpublished Work

Sept. 20, 1991 The Great Peasants’ War in Germany of 1525: a Little Known Story

April 15, 1990 Luther, the Peasants’ War, and the Niebuhr Brothers

April-May, 1985 Dating the Exodus via Archeological Discoveries

Professional Associations

American Academy of Religion / American Historical Association /American Society of Church History

Previous Professional Experience

2008-10   Co-Pastor of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Oakland, CA

2006-08   Pastor of Old Zion Church, Philadelphia, PA: Historical mother church reorganized in 1742 by Henry Melchior Muhlenberg

2002-05   Interim Pastor Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Oakland, CA

1997-01   Pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Oakland, CA

1994-96   Interim Pastor at First Lutheran Church in Oakland

1992-93   Interim Pastor at Christ Lutheran Church, El Cerrito

1976-92   Pastor of St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church of Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York: Inner-City Ministry / 1978-91   Directed 14 Vacation Church School Day Camp Programs, as well as one week Leadership Training Laboratories / 1998-00   also 3 VCS programs for St. Johns in East Oakland, CA / 1978-88   Spanish language Services / 1980-92   Mentally Challenged Ministry / 1976      Inner-city training (Pastor Leslie C. Schulz, D.D.)

1975-76   Ecumenical Pilgrimage: Israel, India, Southeast Asia Mother Theresa in Calcutta, Ebu Gedong, Bali, Pres. Tanaka of the Ev. Lutheran Church in Japan

1972-75   Hendrik Kraemer House, an Ecumenical Institute under Domina Bé Rhuys of the Netherlands

1975      ORDINATION by Bishop D. Kurt Scharf (March 2, 1975) Bishop of the Church of Berlin-Brandenburg, Germany

1974-75   Interim Pastor at St. Ann’s in Dahlem-Berlin in the pulpit of Martin Niemöller, famous U-Boat Captain and Pastor of the Resistance

1971-73   Vikar at St. Philip’s (Philippusgemeinde) in Berlin-Friedenau / 1971-73   Eastern Messenger and Fraternal Worker for the Evangelical Church of Germany in Berlin, Lutheran World Federation under LWF Berlin Representative the Rev. Dr. Paul Wee

 

 

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