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Lawrence R. Rast, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor of Historical Theology
Academic Dean
lawrence.rast@ctsfw.edu
260.452.2104
Dr. Lawrence R. Rast, Jr. is the Academic Dean at
Concordia Theological Seminary and Professor of American Christianity
and American Lutheranism. Dr. Rast joined the Department of Historical
Theology in the Fall of 1996 after serving as pastor of Ascension
Lutheran Church, Madison, Tennessee (1992-96). He received his B.A.
from Concordia College, River Forest, Illinois (1986), and his M.Div.
(1990) and S.T.M. (1995) from Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort
Wayne. In 2003, he earned his Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Rast also serves the seminary as Associate
Editor—Book Reviews of Concordia Theological Quarterly, Archivist, and
faculty representative on the LCMS’s Commission on Theology and Church
Relations. He is a member of the Board of Editorial Advisors for
Lutheran Quarterly, a member of the editorial committee of the
Concordia Historical Institute Quarterly, and is a member of the Board
of Governors of the Concordia Historical Institute, the department of
Archives and History for The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.
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