Richard Alan Lischer

Background

Lischer, Richard Alan was born on November 12, 1943 in St. Louis. Son of Herbert Friedrich and Edna (Alsbrook) Lischer.

Education

Bachelor with highest honors, Concordia College, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1965. Master of Arts in English, Washington University, St. Louis, 1967. Bachelor's Degree, Concordia Seminary, 1969.

Doctor of Philosophy in theology, University London, 1971.

Career

Pastor, Emmanus Lutheran Church, Dorsey, Illinois, 1972-1974; pastor, Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Virginia Beach, Virginia, 1974-1979; assistant professor homiletics, Division School, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1979-1984; associate professor, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1984-1989; professor, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, since 1989. Board directors Contact telephone counseling, Virginia Beach, 1978-1979. Consultant Lutheran World Ministries, New York City, 1979.

Achievements

• Richard Alan Lischer has been listed as a noteworthy minister, theology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Marx and Teilhard: Two Ways to the New Humanity

    (. 1979, 174pp cvr sl bowed)

  • A Theology of Preaching: The Dynamics of the Gospel

    (Book by Lischer, Richard)

  • Speaking of Jesus: Finding the Words for Witness by Richard Lischer (1982-06-03)
  • A Theology of Preaching: The Dynamics of the Gospel by Richard Lischer (2001-06-08)
  • Marx and Teilhard: Two Ways to the New Humanity by Richard Lischer (1979-10-03)
  • Speaking of Jesus: Finding the Words for Witness

Membership

Member Academy Homiletics.

Connections

Married Tracy Ruth Kenyon, June 4, 1966. Children: Richard Adam, Sarah Kenyon.

Father:

Herbert Friedrich Lischer

Mother:

Edna (Alsbrook) Lischer

Spouse:

Tracy Ruth Kenyon

child:

Sarah Kenyon Lischer

child:

Richard Adam Lischer