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- The Carl and Erna Weinrich Professor of New Testament and Early Church Studies
- Director of Deaconess Formation Programs
Biography
Dr. Bushur joined the faculty in the fall of 2006, specializing in patristics. In May 2017 he was named The Carl and Erna Weinrich Associate Professor of New Testament and Early Church Studies. He also serves as director of Deaconess Formation at CTSFW.
He received his B.A. in Biblical Literature from Taylor University, Upland, Indiana (1989), M.Div. (1993) and S.T.M. (Thesis: The Flesh of Christ and the Economy of Salvation in the Teaching of St. Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, 1998) from Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Durham, UK, in 2010.
He served as pastor at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Decatur, Indiana (1999-2006), and Trinity Lutheran Church, Goodland, Indiana (1994-1999).
Bushur is a member of the North American Patristics Society.
He and his wife, Lori, have three children.
A Collection of Selected Works
- The Rhetoric of Death: Preaching the Death that Conquers Death-video
- The Rhetoric of Death: Preaching the Death that Conquers Death-audio
- Lectionary Podcast-Pentecost-Series B
- 2015 Deaconess Placement
- Exegetical - "The Sacramental Chracter of the Scriptures in Early Christian Interpretation" - Audio
- Kramer Chapel Sermon - June 20, 2011
- Kramer Chapel Sermon - June 24, 2015
- Kramer Chapel Sermon - September 20, 2000
- Kramer Chapel Sermon - Thursday, April 21, 2022
- Kramer Chapel Sermon - March 31, 2016
To see all of Dr. James Bushur’s collected works please visit the CTSFW media archive.