Timothy Grundmeier
PhD Baylor University
MDiv Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary
MA Minnesota State University—Mankato
BA Martin Luther College
Timothy Grundmeier joined the faculty of Martin Luther College in 2017. He teaches in the areas of American History and Modern World History. He also serves as one of the coaches of the men’s soccer team.
Dr. Grundmeier’s research focuses on the intersection of religion, politics, and ethnicity in the nineteenth-century United States. He has published articles and reviews in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Religion in America, Concordia Historical Institute Quarterly, Minnesota History, Civil War History, Journal of Church and State, and other outlets. His dissertation, “Making Their Own Faith: Lutheranism and American Culture in the Civil War Era,” examines the conservative transformation of Lutheranism in the context of the era’s debates over liberty, slavery, and politics.
Guest appearance on:
- Lutheranism and American Culture in the Civil War Era with Tim Grundmeier
- Pennsylvania’s “Youthful Daughter” the Early History of the Wisconsin Synod with Tim Grundmeier
- Who was Henry A. Koch?
- Who was Johannes Muehlhaeuser? with Tim Grundmeier
- Book Talk: Lutherans in Crisis by David Gustafson
- Book Talk: The Rise and Fall of American Lutheran Pietism by Paul Kuenning
- A Source of Distress: The Evangelical Lutheran Synod of the West with special guest host Tim Grundmeier and Ben Phelps
- Newspaper War with Ben Phelps, with guest host Tim Grundmeier