Martin E. Marty

The Reverend

Martin E. Marty
The Reverend; Martin E. Marty
	Marty speaking at Shimer College in 2013
Born	Martin Emil Marty; February 5, 1928; West Point, Nebraska, U.S.
Spouses	Elsa Marty (m. 1952; died 1981); Harriet Marty (m. 1982);
Awards	National Humanities Medal (1997); Order of Lincoln (1998);
Ecclesiastical career
Religion	Christianity (Lutheran)
Church	Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod; Evangelical Lutheran Church in America;
Ordained	1952
Academic background
Alma mater	Concordia Seminary; Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary; University of Chicago;
Thesis	The Uses of Infidelity (1956)
Academic work
Discipline	History; religious studies; theology;
Sub-discipline	History of religion
Institutions	University of Chicago
Doctoral students	R. Scott Appleby; M. Craig Barnes; Jonathan Butler; Jay P. Dolan; Vincent Harding; Marvin S. Hill; Jeffrey Kaplan; James R. Lewis; Joseph M. McShane; Paul C. Pribbenow; John G. Stackhouse Jr.; Winnifred Fallers Sullivan;
Notable works	Righteous Empire (1970)
Notable ideas	Public theology

Martin Emil Marty (born February 5, 1928) is an American Lutheran religious scholar who has written extensively on religion in the United States.

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