Martin E. Marty

The Reverend
Martin E. Marty
The Reverend Martin E. Marty
	Marty speaking in 2013
Born	Martin Emil Marty; February 5, 1928; West Point, Nebraska, U.S.
Died	February 25, 2025 (aged 97); Minneapolis, Minnesota, 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	Protestant (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 (February 5, 1928 – February 25, 2025) was an American Lutheran religious scholar who wrote extensively on religion in the United States.

^ ^a ^b "Marty, Martin E. 1928– | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com.
^ Ross, Rev Craig (April 21, 2015). "4-19-15, Easter 3 (PR) Do You Have a Summer or Winter Spirituality?".
^ Writer, Paul Galloway, Tribune Staff (February 5, 1998). "TWO ESTEMMED CHICAGO CHURCHMEN, ANDREW GREELEY AND MARTIN MARTY, ARE TURNING 70". chicagotribune.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "Harriet Marty". www.illuminos.com.
^ "Martin Marty". www.illuminos.com.
^ "Martin Emil Marty | Nebraska Authors". nebraskaauthors.org.
^ Marty, Martin E. (1956). The Uses of Infidelity: Changing Images of Freethought Opposition to American Churches (PhD thesis). Chicago: University of Chicago. OCLC 844530172.

[Contemporary_Authors-1] "Marty, Martin E. 1928– | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com.

[2] Ross, Rev Craig (April 21, 2015). "4-19-15, Easter 3 (PR) Do You Have a Summer or Winter Spirituality?".

[3] Writer, Paul Galloway, Tribune Staff (February 5, 1998). "TWO ESTEMMED CHICAGO CHURCHMEN, ANDREW GREELEY AND MARTIN MARTY, ARE TURNING 70". chicagotribune.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[4] "Harriet Marty". www.illuminos.com.

[5] "Martin Marty". www.illuminos.com.

[Nebr-6] "Martin Emil Marty | Nebraska Authors". nebraskaauthors.org.

[7] Marty, Martin E. (1956). The Uses of Infidelity: Changing Images of Freethought Opposition to American Churches (PhD thesis). Chicago: University of Chicago. OCLC 844530172.

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The Reverend Martin E. Marty
Marty speaking in 2013
Born	Martin Emil Marty (1928-02-05)February 5, 1928 West Point, Nebraska, U.S.
Died	February 25, 2025(2025-02-25) (aged 97) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Spouses	Elsa Marty (m. 1952; died 1981) ^[1]^[2]^[3] Harriet Marty (m. 1982) ^[1]^[4]
Awards	National Humanities Medal (1997) Order of Lincoln (1998)


Ecclesiastical career
Religion	Protestant (Lutheran)
Church	Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Ordained	1952^[5]




Academic background
Alma mater	Concordia Seminary Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary^[6] University of Chicago
Thesis	The Uses of Infidelity^[7] (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