David Loy

Curriculum Vitae

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Education

• Ph.D. St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO
• M.Div. Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO
• B.A. Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN

Professional Experience

• Concordia University Irvine: Professor, 2011 – Present
• Zion Lutheran Church, Bolivar, MO: Pastor, 2003 – 2011

Research Interests

• Doctrine of Vocation
• Church, state, and public life
• Political thought

Selected Publications

Books

• Editor, Faith at Work: Christian Vocation in the Professions (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2024)

Translations

• Editor, Pastoral Theology, by C. F. W. Walther. Translated by Christian Tiews (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2017)
• “C. F. W. Walther’s Concept of Missions,” by Volker Stolle. In Missio Apostolica 10, no. 1 (May 2002): 38-40.
• “Kant’s Idea of Peace and the Philosophic Concept of a World Republic,” by Matthias Lutz-Bachmann. In Perpetual Peace: Essays on Kant’s Cosmopolitan Ideal, ed. James Bohman and Matthias Lutz-Bachmann, 59-77. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1997.

Miscellaneous

• “Called By Whom and How? Reflections on the Structure of Vocation.” Concordia Journal 49, no. 1 (Winter 2023): 35–46.
• “Luther, Vocation, and the Search for Significance.” Lutheran Quarterly 35 (2021): 50–72.
• “Confession of a Lutheran University.” Concordia Theological Journal 7, no. 1 (Winter 2020): 60–76. PDF
• “Hegel’s Critique of Greek Immediacy.” Hegel Bulletin 42, no. 2 (2021): 157–79.
• Contributor, Devotions on the Small Catechism. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2019
• “To Be Known as I Know Myself: Identity, Politics and the Gospel.” Issues in Christian Education 48, no. 3 (Summer 2015).
• “What Is the Theology of the Cross.” Sidebar. LEA Shaping the Future (Summer 2014).
• “What the Gospel Does: Three Ways of Applying the Gospel Concretely.” Concordia Journal 36, no. 1 (Winter 2010): 21-31.

Bible Studies

• The Parables Leaders Guide. Edited by Brian Chisamore. LifeLight Bible Study series. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2013.
• 1 and 2 Kings Leaders Guide (lectures only). Edited by Brian Chisamore. LifeLight Bible Study series. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2013.
• Heaven and Hell. Edited by Brian Chisamore. LifeLight Bible Study series. Concordia Publishing House, 2012.
• 1, 2, 3 John Leaders Guide. Edited by Brian Chisamore. LifeLight Bible Study series. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2012.

Courses Taught

Undergraduate theology, philosophy, and political thought courses

• NPHI 467 Bioethics and Healthcare Professions
• THL 390 Practicum: Theology
• THL 465 Christians and Ethics
• THL 401 & 501 Introduction to Theological Research
• THL 505 Polity, Leadership, and Team Ministry
• THL 565 Christianity, Ethics, and Contemporary culture
• THL 590 Guided Readings
• THL 595 & 596 Thesis I & II
• MHA 573 Vocation and Ethics in Healthcare Management