Walter Bouman, was a prominent Lutheran theologian and lecturer, retired professor of systematic theology and pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).
He earned a bachelor's degree and master of divinity from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, and a doctorate in theology from University of Heidelberg. In 1956, he was ordained in the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (LCMS) and served as pastor of two LCMS congregations before joining the faculty of Concordia Teachers College, River Forest, Illinois in 1963.
In 1971, Bouman began teaching systematic theology at the former Evangelical Lutheran Theological Seminary (ELTS), Columbus, Ohio. He became a pastor of the former American Lutheran Church (ALC) in 1977. In 1978, ELTS merged with the Hamma Divinity School, Springfield, Ohio, to create Trinity Lutheran Seminary.
He served on the Lutheran-Episcopal dialogues that led to a full-communion relationship for the ELCA and Episcopal Church. Bouman was a member of the Anglican-Lutheran International Commission, and a consultant to the Anglican-Lutheran dialogue in Canada and to the conversations between the Anglican churches of Britain and Ireland and the Scandinavian and Baltic Lutheran Churches.
He retired in 1999 but continued to teach at Trinity as professor emeritus until April 2005.
Bouman was author or co-author of 12 books, the most recent a book of reflections and prayers on the Augsburg Confession. He contributed to three encyclopedias and 10 books, including Exploring and Proclaiming the Apostles' Creed, and was the author of more than 200 journal articles, reviews, audiotapes and courses on videotape.
He passed away in August, 2005 of cancer.
Audio Archive
Bouman, Walter
Recordings
Jesus' Parables (Focus on the Major Steward, Publican, and Pharisee)
Presenter: Bouman, Walter / 1968Series on Romans – Part 4: Liturgy of the Body of Christ – Romans 12
Presenter: Bouman, Walter / 1975Vespers June 30, 1975 with Walter Bouman – To Be Christ’s Is to Be Vulnerable
Presenter: Bouman, Walter / 1975Vespers July 16, 1975 with Walter Bouman – The Mystery that Evokes Praise
Presenter: Bouman, Walter / 1975Mark's Gospel – Part 03: Mark 3: 7 – 6:6a – Appointing Disciples & Teaching Them
Presenter: Bouman, Walter / 1978Mark's Gospel – Part 05: Mark 8: 27 – 9: 1 – First Prediction of Suffering
Presenter: Bouman, Walter / 1978Mark's Gospel – Part 06: Mark 9: 2-37 – Second Prediction of Suffering
Presenter: Bouman, Walter / 1978Mark's Gospel – Part 07: Mark 9: 37 – 10: 45 – Third Prediction of Suffering
Presenter: Bouman, Walter / 1978Mark's Gospel – Part 09: Mark 14: 1 – 52 – Going to the Cross:Conspiracy, Passover, Gethsemane
Presenter: Bouman, Walter / 1978Life and Worship – Part 4: Worship as Societal – I Corinthians 10-11
Presenter: Bouman, Walter / 1978Six Sermons: "The Mystery That Evokes Praise" "To Be Christ's Is To Be Vulnerable" "Who Are the Weeds?" "Put Up With Each Other" "What Kind of God Do We Have?" "The Annunciation"
Presenter: Bouman, Walter / 1978Mark's Gospel – Part 10: Mark 14: 53 – 15: 47 – Going to the Cross: Trial & Execution
Presenter: Bouman, Walter / 1978Mark's Gospel – Part 02: Mark 1: 16 – 3:6 – Calling Disciples to a New Mission
Presenter: Bouman, Walter / 1978Installation of John Schramm as Director of Holden Village: Fred Norstad, Installer; Walter Bouman, Preacher
Presenter: Bouman, Walter / 1978Burial Service in the Lutheran Book of Worship: Lutheran Book of Worship
Presenter: Bouman, Walter / 1979I Corinthians – Part 2: I Cor. 5-7 – Sexual Morality & Christian Witness
Presenter: Bouman, Walter / 1979I Corinthians – Part 6: I Cor. 15-16 – Resurrection and the Collection
Presenter: Bouman, Walter / 1979Lessons of Barmen: Part 3 – The Church as Critic — The Church under Communism
Presenter: Bouman, Walter / 1984Lessons of Barmen: Part 5 – The Church and the Coming Kingdom of God
Presenter: Bouman, Walter / 1984Liturgy as Witness to the Kingdom: Part 2 – Baptism Connect Us to the Messianic Community
Presenter: Bouman, Walter / 1984Liturgy as Witness to the Kingdom: Part 3 – Jesus' Righteousness and the Messianic Song
Presenter: Bouman, Walter / 1984The Trinity and the Table: Part 1 – Jesus' Resurrection and the Meaning of God
Presenter: Bouman, Walter / 1995The Trinity and the Table: Part 2 – Jesus' History and the Reigning of God
Presenter: Bouman, Walter / 1995The Trinity and the Table: Part 3 – Jesus' Future and the Holy Spirit
Presenter: Bouman, Walter / 1995The Trinity and the Table: Part 4 – Jesus' Cross and the Meaning of the Trinity
Presenter: Bouman, Walter / 1995Recent Additions
Vespers June 13, 1975 with Keith Smith – Thru Christ Triumphant over Death
Vespers June 12, 1975 with Stillwater Luther League Annette Hansen – Dream Great Dreams
Vespers June 11, 1975 with Tim Booth – Come to the Dinner!
Vespers June 9, 1975 with Roy and Faye Burnette – Mission in Ecuador
Vespers June 8, 1975 with Alvin Rogness – In Defense of Repetition
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