Position announcement: Academic resources editor

Concordia Publishing House (CPH), St. Louis, is seeking a candidate to fill the position of editor, Academic Resources.

This position will provide editorial services for academic theological resources and resources that promote and deepen understanding and awareness of the Lutheran Confessions. The editor will conceptualize products, assist with product development, oversee acquisitions, provide the substantive edit and oversee the production of resources.

Specific duties include:

Work cooperatively to ensure timely production of academic professional resources across the disciplines of theology, especially Confessions/Symbolics, Dogmatics and Exegetical Theology.

Contribute leadership for the development of overall plans for various resources around the Lutheran Confessions.

Identify writers and orient, counsel and supervise development of manuscripts.

Carry out periodic reevaluation and, when necessary, revision of extant materials.

Perform substantive edit of manuscripts within budgeted time and associated deadlines.

Write portions of materials on the Lutheran Confessions, in whole or in part, as needed.

Ensure that manuscripts adhere to CPH style.

Candidates should possess a Master of Divinity or equivalent from a seminary of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod or a partner seminary; a Master of Sacred Theology with a concentration in the Lutheran Confessions, Reformation history or Systematic Theology preferred; and five years or more of parish experience in a church or school setting preferred. Candidates should be skilled in writing and editing academic resources, have knowledge of the Holy Scriptures in the original languages, and preferably know German and/or Latin.

For more information on this position, or to apply, go to cph.org.

Posted June 12, 2024