Background
Neumann, Arnold John Robert was born on December 1, 1872 in Trebnitz, Germany. Son of Julius Robt. and Fanny Louisa (Pichon de la Tremouille) Neumann.
Neumann, Arnold John Robert was born on December 1, 1872 in Trebnitz, Germany. Son of Julius Robt. and Fanny Louisa (Pichon de la Tremouille) Neumann.
Graduate Gymnasium, Sondershausen, 1891. Students universities Halle, Basel and Göttingen. Master of Arts, Carthage (Illinois) College, 1903.
Doctor of Divinity, Midland (Nebraska) College, 1912.
Doctor of Letters, Wittenberg College, Springfield, O., 1922.
Came to the United States, 1895, naturalized citizen, 1901. Ordained ministry Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1897. Pastor, Chicago, 1895-1896.
Pittsfield, Illinois, 1897-1898, Bethany Church, Burlington, Iowa, 1898-1929.
Head Department of Bible, Religious Edition and French and German Langs. Carthage College since 1929, Superintendent Lutheran Literature Board and editor since 1899.
President Wartburg Synod Evangelical Lutheran Church in American, 1919-1931. Trustee Chicago Seminary.
Member American Society of Oriental Research, American Geography Society, Modern Language Association of America American Philological Society, Pi Gamma Mu Fraternity and Alpha Mu Gamma.
Democratic Author: “I Believe,” Sermons on Creed, 1918. The Sacrament of the Altar, 1916. The Path of the Cross, 1917.
Handbook of Religious Instruction
The Voice from the Cross. Two Worlds and One God.
The Personality Ideal. Essentials of the Word.
A French Teacher’s Course.
(brochure) The Wisdom of Job and the Social Distress of Today. The Lutheran Tract Society. A System of Religious Education, 1938.
The Present Call, Timely Sermons on Special Texts, 1940.
The Book of Job (a Metrical Translation with Annotations). Has been contributor to every volume of the series of sermons entitled “In the Kingdom of Grace.” Editor: German paper of the General Synod, of the Year Book of United Lutheran Church in America.
And of Luther’s Small Catechism with Pruoftexts. Home: Carthage, Illinois.
Member American Society of Oriental Research, American Geography Society, Modern Language Association of America American Philological Society, Pi Gamma Mu Fraternity and Alpha Mu Gamma. Democratic.
Married Emma Geisendorfer, November 23, 1897. Children: Robert L., Arthur M., Prosper F., Kenneth B., Mary Louise.