Umhau attended Johns Hopkins University at Baltimore, Maryland; Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio; the Evangelical Lutheran Theological Seminary in Columbus, Ohio; and Hartford Seminary Found at Hartford, Connecticut. He was a third generation Lutheran minister, spent thirty-seven years as an LCA pastor, taught nine years at a seminary in Chicago, and served an LCA congregation in Toledo, Ohio. In the late 1970s he was Director of the Lutheran Lifelong Learning Institute in Toledo, Ohio bringing education to and for the aged. He was a pioneer in Gerontology/Aging. The Wolfs did a 'roving' or 'portable' retreat ministry, doing Bible studies and lectures for congregations throughout North America. He was also Director of Lutheran Institute for Religious Studies at Texas Lutheran College in Seguin, Texas.
Umhau passed away February, 2004.
Audio Archive
Wolf, Carl Umhau
Recordings
Unfolding of the Covenant of the Old Testament: Part 1 – Covenant in the Ancient Near-East
Presenter: Wolf, Carl Umhau / 1966Unfolding of the Covenant of the Old Testament: Part 2 – Covenant with Israel as God's People
Presenter: Wolf, Carl Umhau / 1966Unfolding of the Covenant of the Old Testament: Part 3 – The Covenant of Jaweh's People and the Monarchy (Samuel)
Presenter: Wolf, Carl Umhau / 1966Unfolding of the Covenant of the Old Testament: Part 4 – The Prophets at the Trial of the Covenant Breakers
Presenter: Wolf, Carl Umhau / 1966Unfolding of the Covenant of the Old Testament: Part 5 – Hope and Renewal in the Covenant — Jeremiah and the New Covenant
Presenter: Wolf, Carl Umhau / 1966Recent Additions
Vespers March 5, 1977 with Mary Schramm – Meditations on the Cross
Vespers March 4, 1977 with Bob Randoy – Small Enough and Big Enough
Vespers March 3, 1977 with Ron Vignec – Peace through the Blood of the Cross
Vespers March 1, 1977 with Werner Janssen Epistle to Philemon
Vespers February 28, 1977 with Karen Nygaard – In Need of Sharing
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Holden wishes to express appreciation to PLU, Pacific Lutheran University, for their support of the Holden Audio Archive Project.
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