Eric Osmon Springsted

Background

Springsted, Eric Osmon was born on May 27, 1951 in St. Paul. Son of Osmon Rutherford and Elaine B. Springsted.

Education

Bachelor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1973. Master of Divinity, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1976. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1980.

Career

Supply pastor Calvary United Presbyterian Church, Jersey City, 1976-1977. Interim pastor The Congregational Church, Jacksonville, Illinois, 1983-1984, 88-89. Chaplain, professor philosophy and religion Illinois College, since 1981.

Member committee on higher education Synod of Lincoln Trails, Indianapolis, 1982-1988. Delegate Association, Presbyterian Colleges and Universities, 1983-1987. Member committee on preparation for ministry Presbytery of Great Rivers, 1992-1995.

General editor State University of New York Series, Simone Weil Studies, State University of New York Press.

Achievements

• Eric Osmon Springsted has been listed as a noteworthy minister, philosophy and religion educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Christus Mediator: Platonic Mediation in the Thought of Simone Weil (American Academy of Religion Academy Series)

    (Weil, Simone, -- 1909-1943.)

  • Simone Weil and The Suffering of Love:

Membership

President Friends of the Library., Jacksonville, 1990-1991. Steering committee Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam, Santa Fe, 1971-1973. Secretary Youth Attention Center Board, Jacksonville, since 1992.

Member American Weil Society (president since 1981), Center Theological Inquiry, American Academy Religion, American Philosophical Association, Presbyterian College Chaplains Association.

Connections

Married Brenda Margaret Lockhart, June 11, 1976. Children: Simone Anne, Mary Leidy, Elspeth Elaine.

Father:

Osmon Rutherford Springsted

Mother:

Elaine B. Springsted

Spouse:

Brenda Margaret Lockhart

child:

Elspeth Elaine Springsted

child:

Simone Anne Springsted

child:

Mary Leidy Springsted