Senior Professor, Systematic Theology
Director of the Center for the Care of Creation, Center for Care of Creation
Eugene E. and Nell S. Fincke Graduate Professor of Theology, Systematic Theology
Dr. Charles P. Arand is the Eugene E. and Nell S. Fincke Graduate Professor of Theology at SA国际传媒, St. Louis.
A faculty member since 1989, Arand is professor of Systematic Theology and director of the Center for the Care of Creation.
He previously occupied the Waldemar A. and June Schuette Endowed Chair in Systematic Theology (2003-15).
His areas of interest and expertise include the Lutheran Confessions and theology of creation.
He received his Master of Divinity (M.Div.), Master of Sacred Theology (S.T.M.) and Doctor of Theology (Th.D.) from SA国际传媒 (1984, 1987, 1989). He also received his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) from Concordia College in Milwaukee (now Concordia University Wisconsin, Mequon) (1980).
He has translated the Apology of the Augsburg Confession for the Kolb-Wengert edition of the聽Book of Concord (Fortress). In addition to publishing more than 50 articles, he has written two books:聽Testing the Boundaries: Windows into Lutheran Identity (Concordia Publishing House, CPH); and聽That I May Be His Own: A Theological Overview of Luther鈥檚 Catechisms (CPH). He has co-authored a book with Robert Kolb,聽The Genius of Luther鈥檚 Theology: The Wittenberg Way of Thinking for the Contemporary Church (Baker Books). His latest contribution comes as a joint work with Seminary Professor Emeritus Dr. Robert Kolb and James Nestingen,聽A Historical and Theological Introduction to the Lutheran Confessions聽(Fortress Press). His other research interests include the theology of creation to which end he served as the primary drafter for The Lutheran Church鈥擬issouri Synod Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR) document 鈥淭ogether with All Creatures: Caring for God鈥檚 Living Earth.鈥�
In addition to his Seminary work, he has served on CTCR (for which he has drafted three documents) and as a drafter on the Synod committee responsible for revising the Explanation to Luther鈥檚 Small Catechism.
He and his wife, Betty, have two children, Becky and Benjamin; and one daughter-in-law, Bethany. He is a whooping crane enthusiast and a self-described 鈥渃raniac.鈥�
Lutheran Confessions
Theology of creation