Biography
David A. Brondos is an ordained minister of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America who has served as Professor of Theology and Biblical Studies at the Theological Community of Mexico since 1996, the same year in which he received his PhD degree from King’s College London. From 2000-2004 he served as Dean of the Theological Community, a consortium of seminaries in Mexico City that includes Augsburg Lutheran Seminary, where he also teaches Lutheran studies. In 2011, David was named Coordinator of the Seminary’s online course program, which has enrolled hundreds of students from over 25 countries, including all of the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America, Spain, and the United States.
David has published articles and books in both English and Spanish in the areas of New Testament studies, Pauline theology, the history of Christian thought, and Lutheran doctrine. From 2011-2014 he served as Chair of the Steering Committee of the ELCA Association of Teaching Theologians. His biblical and theological writings include four books published by Fortress Press: The Letter and the Spirit: Discerning God’s Will in a Complex World (2005), Paul on the Cross: Reconstructing the Apostle’s Story of Redemption (2006), Fortress Introduction to Salvation and the Cross (2007), and Redeeming the Gospel: The Christian Faith Reconsidered (2011). To commemorate the 500th anniversary of the posting of Martin Luther’s 95 Theses, on Oct. 31, 2017 David posted 94 theses of his own on his website https://94t.mx, where other of his writings, both published and unpublished, can be found.
Since then, he has also completed three other works in the area of biblical studies: the two-volume Jesus’ Death in New Testament Thought (2018) and The Parting of the Gods: Paul and the Redefinition of Judaism (2021), ), and A God Like No Other: Depaganizing the God of the Hebrew Bible (2024), all of which are published by the Theological Community of Mexico.
El Rvdo. Dr. David Brondos es pastor de la Iglesia Evangélica Luterana en América (ELCA) y profesor de la Comunidad Teológica de México y el Seminario Luterano Augsburgo en la Ciudad de México.
Completó su M. Div. en el Seminario Concordia, en St. Louis, Missouri, y realizó su doctorado en Teología Sistemática en el King’s College de la Universidad de Londres, en Londres, Inglaterra.
Se puede conocer más de su trabajo teológico visitando su sitio web en https://94t.mx
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