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Lung</a><br><p><b>Gender:</b> Male<br><b>Religion:</b> <a href="/lists/874/000071661/" class=proflink>Eastern Orthodox</a><br><b>Race or Ethnicity:</b> White<br><b>Sexual orientation:</b> Straight<br><b>Occupation:</b> <a href="/lists/197/000068990/" class=proflink>Historian</a>, Translator<p><b>Nationality:</b> United States<br><b>Executive summary:</b> <i>The Christian Tradition</i><p><b>Wife:</b> Sylvia Pauline Burica (m. 1946, until his death, two sons, one daughter)<br><p> University: Concordia College Fort Wayne (1942)<br> Theological: BDiv, Concordia Theological Seminary (1946)<br> University: <a href="/edu/520/000068316/">PhD, University of Chicago (1946)</a><br> Teacher: <a href="/edu/638/000082392/">Valparaiso University (1946-49)</a><br> Teacher: Concordia Theological Seminary (1949-53)<br> Teacher: <a href="/edu/520/000068316/">University of Chicago (1953-62)</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/480/000068276/">Titus Street Professor of Ecclesiastical History, Yale University (1962-72)</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/480/000068276/">Sterling Professor of History, Yale University (1972-96)</a><br> Administrator: <a href="/edu/480/000068276/">Dean, Graduate School, Yale University (1973-78)</a><br> Administrator: Trustee, Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary<br><p> <u>Encyclopedia Britannica</u> Religion Editor<br> <a href="/org/811/000055646/">American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a> President (1994-97)<br> <a href="/org/942/000165447/">American Academy of Political and Social Science</a> Chairman (2003-04)<br> <a href="/org/942/000165447/">American Academy of Political and Social Science</a> President (2000-01)<br> <a href="/org/640/000052484/">American Philosophical Society</a> Councillor (1984-87)<br> <a href="/org/716/000202110/">Library of Congress</a> Chairman, Council of Scholars (1980-83 and 1988-94)<br> <u>Jefferson Award</u> 1983<br> <u>Haskins Medal</u> 1985<br> <a href="/honors/050/000206429/">Library of Congress Living Legend</a> 2000<br> <u>Kluge Prize</u> 2004 (with Paul Ricoeur)<br> <a href="/event/101/000159621/">Ordained</a> 1946 (Lutheran)<br> <u>Converted to Eastern Orthodox</u> 1998<br> <a href="/lists/486/000050336/">Slovak Ancestry</a> Paternal<br> <a href="/lists/487/000050337/">Serbian Ancestry</a> Maternal<br> <p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine</i> (<tt>1971-89</tt>, 5 vols.)<br><i>The Vindication of Tradition</i> (<tt>1984</tt>)<br><i>Jesus Through the Centuries</i> (<tt>1985</tt>)<br><i>Bach Among the Theologians</i> (<tt>1986</tt>)<br><i>Imago Dei</i> (<tt>1990</tt>)<br><i>Confessor Between East and West</i> (<tt>1990</tt>, biography)<br><i>The Idea of the University: A Reexamination</i> (<tt>1992</tt>)<br><i>Mary Through the Centuries</i> (<tt>1996</tt>)<br><i>What Has Athens to do with Jerusalem?</i> (<tt>1997</tt>)<br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=206431"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=206431">Jaroslav Pelikan</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=206431" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>