Frank Senn

Frank Colvin Senn (born April 22, 1943, Buffalo, New York) is an American pastor and liturgist of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. He served as pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Evanston, Illinois from 1990 to 2013.

Senn's work centers on Christian liturgy and ecumenicism. As of 2008, he had authored nine books, including in 2006 The People's Work: A Social History of the Liturgy. Senn has taught at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, the University of Chicago Divinity School, the University of Notre Dame, and Concordia University Chicago.

Senn is still the current Senior of the Society of the Holy Trinity.

Works

• The Pastor as Worship Leader, Augsburg, 1977. ISBN 0-8066-1593-1
• Christian Worship and Its Cultural Setting, Fortress, 1982.
• (Editor) Protestant Spiritual Traditions, Paulist Press, 1985.
• (Editor) New Eucharistic Prayers, Paulist Press, 1987. ISBN 0-8091-2912-4
• The Witness of the Worshiping Community: Liturgy and the Practice of Evangelism, Paulist Press, 1993. ISBN 0-8091-3368-7
• (Co-author with Mark Olson and Jann Fullenwieder) How Does Worship Evangelize?, Augsburg Fortress, 1995.
• Contributor.
• Christian Liturgy: Catholic and Evangelical, Fortress Press, 1997. ISBN 0-8006-2726-1
• New Proclamation, Fortress Press, 1999-2000.
• A Stewardship of the Mysteries, Paulist Press, 1999. ISBN 0-8091-3821-2
• New Creation: A Liturgical World View, Augsburg, 2000. ISBN 0-8006-3235-4
• The People's Work: A Social History of the Liturgy. Fortress Press, 2006 ISBN 0-8006-3827-1
• Lutheran Identity: A Classical Understanding. Augsburg Fortress, 2008 ISBN 0-8066-8010-5
• Introduction to Christian Liturgy (Fortress Press, 2012)

References

• Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2002.

External links

• Official website