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Martin E. Marty

American historian of religion, educator, author, and theologian
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Martin E. Marty
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19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[21]
Date of birth
February 5, 1928
Date of death
February 25, 2025
Place of birth
West Point
Place of death
Minneapolis
Country of citizenship
United States[10]
Occupation
historian of religion, university teacher, church historian, Protestant theologian
Employer
University of Chicago[11]
Educated at
University of Chicago, Concordia University Wisconsin, Concordia Seminary[12][13][14]
Religion or worldview
Lutheranism[20]
Award received
National Humanities Medal, National Book Award, Gordon J. Laing Award, Newberry Library Award, honorary doctor of the University of Miami[15][16][17][18][19]
Child
John Marty[9]
Official website
www.illuminos.com[34]
Doctoral student
Scott Appleby, M. Craig Barnes, Jonathan M. Butler, Jay P. Dolan, Vincent Harding, Jeffrey Kaplan, James R. Lewis, Joseph M. McShane, Paul C. Pribbenow, John G. Stackhouse, Jr.[22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[35]
Family name
Marty[32]
Given name
Martin[33]
Name in native language
Martin Emil Marty[36]
🏷️ Also known as
en Martin E. Marty en Martin Emil Marty en Martin Marty ar مارتن إميل مارتي cs Martin Emil Marty cs Martin Marty fr Martin Emil Marty fr Martin Marty ko 마르틴 마티 sv Martin Emil Marty zh 馬丁·馬蒂 zh 馬田·E·馬蒂 zh 马丁·马蒂
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Library of Congress Authorities ID
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Academic Tree ID
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Angelicum ID
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BIBSYS ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
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C-SPAN person numeric ID
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C-SPAN person string ID (deprecated)
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CONOR.SI ID
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Canadiana Authorities ID (former scheme)
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Canadiana Name Authority ID
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CiNii Research ID
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DDB person (GND) ID
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Databazeknih.cz author ID
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
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Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
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Encyclopædia Britannica contributor ID
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FAST ID
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Freebase ID
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Goodreads author ID
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IdRef ID
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IxTheo authority ID
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J9U entity ID
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JudaicaLink person (GND) ID
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KBR person ID
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Libris-URI
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NACSIS-CAT author ID
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NDL Authority ID
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NL CR AUT ID
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NLA Trove people ID
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NSK (VIAF) ID
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NSK ID
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NUKAT ID
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National Humanities Medal winner ID
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National Library of Brazil ID
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National Library of Ireland ID
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National Library of Israel ID (old)
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National Library of Korea ID
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National Library of Latvia ID
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National Library of Lithuania ID
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National Library of Poland MMS ID
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National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
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National Virtual Library of India ID
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Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
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Nebraska Authors author ID
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Obálky knih ID
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PUG authority ID
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Parsifal cluster ID
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Penguin Random House author ID
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Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID
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RERO ID (legacy)
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RILM ID
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SBN author ID
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SELIBR ID
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SHARE Catalogue author ID
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SVKKL authority ID
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Unz Review author ID
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Vatican Library VcBA ID
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Wellcome Collection concept ID
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WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
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Award received 4
National Book Award, National Humanities Medal, honorary doctor of the University of Miami, Newberry Library Award
Doctoral student 3
Jeffrey Kaplan, Vincent Harding, James R. Lewis
Doctoral students 3
Jeffrey Kaplan, Vincent Harding, James R. Lewis
Educated at 3
University of Chicago, Concordia Seminary, Concordia University Wisconsin
Occupation 2
theologian, university teacher
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Employer 1
University of Chicago
Given name 1
Martin
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
West Point
Place of death 1
Minneapolis
Religion or worldview 1
Lutheranism
Sex or gender 1
male
← Author of foreword 1
Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States
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Summary

Martin E. Marty was born on February 5, 1928[1], in West Point[2]. He died on February 25, 2025[3], in Minneapolis[4]. He worked as a historian of religion[5], university teacher[6], church historian[7], and Protestant theologian[8].

Why It Matters

His notable doctoral advisees include James R. Lewis[37], an author[38], 1949–2022[39], of United States[40]; Vincent Harding[41], a historian[42], 1931–2014[43], of United States[44]; and Jeffrey Kaplan[45], a university teacher[46], 1954–2025[47], of United States[48], specialised in religious studies[49].

FAQs

Where was Martin E. Marty born?

Martin E. Marty's place of birth was West Point[2].

Where did Martin E. Marty die?

Martin E. Marty died in Minneapolis[4].

What did Martin E. Marty do for work?

Martin E. Marty worked as a historian of religion[5], university teacher[6], church historian[7], and Protestant theologian[8].

Where did Martin E. Marty go to school?

Martin E. Marty was educated at University of Chicago[12], Concordia University Wisconsin[13], and Concordia Seminary[14].

What awards did Martin E. Marty receive?

Honors received include National Humanities Medal[15], National Book Award[16], Gordon J. Laing Award[17], and Newberry Library Award[18].

Related Entities

Concordia Seminary United States

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  19. [19] ↑ . commencement.miami.edu. Retrieved . commencement.miami.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  31. [3] ↑ . legacy.com. Retrieved . legacy.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  35. [35] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  10. [49] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  4. 21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → historian of religion, university teacher, church historian +1
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    Occupation → historian of religion, university teacher, church historian +1
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