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Mark Ellingsen

Mark Ellingsen

Retired Tenured Professor

Interdenominational Theological Center

Mark Ellingsen recently retired after 30 years serving as a tenured professor on the faculty of the Interdenominational Theological Center. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Gettysburg College, Ellingsen is the author of When Did Jesus Become Republican?, Wired for Racism? How Evolution and Faith Move Us to Challenge Racial Idolatry, and a forthcoming book with Vernon Press defending Critical Race Theory.

Published Articles

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What Our Lutheran Heritage Entails for Lutheran Colleges and Affirmative Action

Mark Ellingsen

No. 59 · Spring 2024

Ellingsen argues that the Lutheran Two-Kingdom Ethic — far from leading to political reaction — supports the church-relatedness of ELCA colleges and obligates them to keep affirmative action alive, even reading a Chief Justice Roberts “loophole” in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard as an open door for Black community partnerships, ELCA congregations, and Lutheran colleges to act in the affirmative.

Mark Ellingsen

Published Articles

What Our Lutheran Heritage Entails for Lutheran Colleges and Affirmative Action