Dr. Martin E. Marty . . .

is one of the world’s most celebrated theologians. He is the Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago where he taught for 35 years and where the Martin Marty Center has since been founded. He has been awarded the National Humanities Medal, the Order of Lincoln Medallion (Illinois’ top honor), the Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Book Award, and 77 honorary doctorates. Dr. Marty has been President of the Park Ridge Center for Health, Faith, and Ethics, the American Academy of Religion, the American Society of Church History, and the American Catholic Historical Association. He has written more than 50 books, including Martin Luther (2004), The Mystery of the Child and the Provision of Care (2007), and The Christian World: A Global History (2007).