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Also known as Jaroslav Jan Pelikan

US historian of Christianity, Christian theology and medieval intellectual history at Yale (1923–2006)

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Born
1923
Died
2006
Works
231

Top works

  • Idea of a University
  • Encyclopedia of Christianity
  • Human culture and the holy;
  • The World Treasury of Modern Religious Thought. Foreword by Clifton Fadiman, General Editor
  • The Christian Intellectual [Religious Perspectives, Vol. 14]

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Total plays
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Quotes

  • Tradition is the living faith of the dead, traditionalism is the dead faith of the living. And, I suppose I should add, it is traditionalism that gives tradition such a bad name.
  • If Christ is risen, nothing else matters. And if Christ is not risen-nothing else matters.

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Key facts

Born
Jaroslav Jan Pelikan , ( 1923-12-17 ) December 17, 1923, Akron , Ohio, US
Died
May 13, 2006 (2006-05-13) (aged 82), Hamden , Connecticut, US
Spouse
Sylvia Burica ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1946 ) ​
Education
Concordia Seminary University of Chicago
Thesis
Luther and the Confessio Bohemica of 1535 (1946)
Doctoral advisor
Wilhelm Pauck
Discipline
History theology
Sub discipline
Ecclesiastical history historical theology
Institutions
Yale University University of Chicago
Doctoral students
Ruth Mazo Karras H. C. Erik Midelfort Ron Sider
Notable students
Mark McIntosh , Robert Moynihan
Notable works
The Christian Tradition (1971–1989)
Influenced
Philip Hefner

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Jaroslav
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Akron
Place of death
Hamden
Languages spoken
English language
Academic degree
Doctor of Philosophy
Image
Pelikan.jpg
Residence
Hamden
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date of birth
1923-12-17
date of death
2006-05-13
cause of death
lung cancer
manner of death
natural causes
name in native language
Jaroslav Jan Pelikan
writing language
English language
Sources (9)

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Encyclopedic overview

Jaroslav Jan Pelikan Jr. (/ˈjɑːrəslɑːv ˈpɛlɪkən/; December 17, 1923 – May 13, 2006) was an American scholar of the history of Christianity, Christian theology, and medieval intellectual history at Yale University.

Early years

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