Pelikan, Jaroslav Jan, Jr.

Pelikan, Jaroslav Jan, Jr.
▪ 2007

      American historian (b. Dec. 17, 1923, Akron, Ohio—d. May 13, 2006, Hamden, Conn.), was widely recognized as one of the foremost historians of the Christian church. Pelikan earned a Bachelor of Divinity degree (1942) from Concordia Theological Seminary, St. Louis, Mo., and a Ph.D. (1946) from the University of Chicago. He taught at Valparaiso (Ind.) University and Concordia Theological Seminary from 1949 to 1953 and at the University of Chicago Divinity School from 1953 to 1962. Pelikan then joined the Yale University faculty as Street Professor of Ecclesiastical History, and in 1972 he was appointed Sterling Professor of History, a chair he held until his retirement in 1996. Among his major achievements were Luther's Works (1955–71), a 22-volume translation of the works of Martin Luther; the five-volume The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine (1971–89); and Credo: Historical and Theological Introduction to Creeds and Confessions of Faith in the Christian Tradition (1994). One of the principal themes of his work was the role of Eastern Orthodoxy in church history, and in 1998 he converted from Lutheranism to Orthodoxy. His other writings included Fools for Christ (1955), Jesus Through the Centuries (1985), and the article “Jesus” for the Encyclopædia Britannica. Pelikan shared (with Paul Ricoeur) the 2004 John W. Kluge Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

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