{{short description|American theologian}} {{BLP sources|date=June 2023}} '''Frank Colvin Senn''' {{post-nominals|post-noms=[[Society of the Holy Trinity|STS]]}} (born 1943) is an American [[liturgist]] and [[pastor]] of the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]]. He served as pastor of five congregations: Gloria Dei in South Bend, Indiana (assistant pastor 1969–75), Fenner Memorial in Louisville, Kentucky (1975–77), Christ the Mediator in Chicago, Illinois (1981–86), Holy Spirit in Lincolnshire, Illinois (1986–90), and Immanuel in [[Evanston, Illinois]] (1990 to 2013).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ilcevanston.org/index.php/about/pastor|work=Immanuel Lutheran Church|title=Pastor}}</ref>
Senn also taught at the [[Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago]] (1978–81). He has been an adjunct or visiting professor at the [[University of Chicago Divinity School]] (1982–84), the [[University of Notre Dame]], [[Concordia University Chicago]], [[Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary]], [[Trinity Theological College, Singapore|Trinity Theological College]] in Singapore, [[Satya Wacana Christian University]] in Central Java, Indonesia, [[Trinity School for Ministry]], and [[Carey Theological College]] in Vancouver, and Reformed Theological Seminary of Indonesia in Jakarta.
Senn has a B.A. in music from [[Hartwick College]], Oneonta, New York, a M.Div. from the [[Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago]], and a Ph.D. in liturgical studies from the [[University of Notre Dame]]. His work centers on the history and renewal of [[Christian liturgy]] and [[ecumenicism]]. Early in his career he served on several Lutheran liturgical committees and contributed to the work on the ''Lutheran Book of Worship'' (1978). He was especially active in Lutheran-Episcopal Dialogue in the U.S.A. Senn is a past president of the [[North American Academy of Liturgy]], a past president of [[The Liturgical Conference]], and the past Senior of the [[Society of the Holy Trinity]].
As of 2017, Senn has authored sixteen books. His magnum opus is ''Christian Liturgy---Catholic and Evangelical'' (1997), which is a history of Christian liturgy whose center of gravity is the Reformation period. He has been especially interested in liturgy and culture and liturgy in social history. His most recent project in 2016, ''Embodied Liturgy: Lessons in Christian Ritual'', grew out of a course he taught in Indonesia and focuses on the use of the body in liturgy and worship. ''Eucharistic Body'' (2017) continues this project by exploring the connections between the historical body of Christ, the sacramental body of Christ, the body of the communicant, and the social body of Christ. Senn has also published more than 300 journal articles, book reviews, sermons, dictionary entries, encyclopedia articles, and opinion pieces.
Frank Senn is married to Mary Elizabeth Senn, a clinical social worker. They have three married adult children: Andrew, Nicholas, and Emily. In retirement Pastor Senn continues to write, teach, and practice yoga.
==Works== *The Pastor as Worship Leader, Augsburg, 1977. {{ISBN|0-8066-1593-1}} *Christian Worship and Its Cultural Setting, Fortress, 1982. *(Editor) Protestant Spiritual Traditions, Paulist Press, 1985. *(Editor) New Eucharistic Prayers, Paulist Press, 1987. {{ISBN|0-8091-2912-4}} *The Witness of the Worshiping Community: Liturgy and the Practice of Evangelism, Paulist Press, 1993. {{ISBN|0-8091-3368-7}} *(Co-author with Mark Olson and Jann Fullenwieder) How Does Worship Evangelize?, Augsburg Fortress, 1995. * {{cite book | title = The Catholicity of the Reformation | editor-last1 = Braaten | editor-first1 = Carl E. | editor-last2 = Jenson | editor-first2 = Robert W. | publisher = William B Eerdmans | date = 1996 | isbn = 978-0802842206 }} Contributor.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/leithart/2014/05/convergence-and-classical-protestantism | title = Convergence and Classical Protestantism | date = May 1, 2014 | last = Leithart | first = Peter J. | website = [[First Things]]}}</ref> *Christian Liturgy: Catholic and Evangelical, Fortress Press, 1997. {{ISBN|0-8006-2726-1}} *New Proclamation: Year B, 1999–2000, Fortress Press, 1999–2000. {{ISBN|0-8006-4241-4}} *A Stewardship of the Mysteries, Paulist Press, 1999. {{ISBN|0-8091-3821-2}} *New Creation: A Liturgical World View, Augsburg, 2000. {{ISBN|0-8006-3235-4}} *The People's Work: A Social History of the Liturgy. Fortress Press, 2006. {{ISBN|0-8006-3827-1}}<ref>Reviews of ''The People's Work'': *{{cite journal|journal= Anglican and Episcopal History |volume=76|issue=3|year=2007|pages=418–419|last=Northup|first=Lesley A.|title= Book Reviews {{!}} The People's Work: A Social History of the Liturgy by Frank C. Senn|jstor=42613115}} *{{cite journal | last=Williams | first=Peter W. | title=The People's Work: A Social History of the Liturgy by Frank C. Senn (book review)| journal=Church History | publisher=Cambridge University Press (CUP) | volume=76 | issue=2 | year=2007 | issn=0009-6407 | doi=10.1017/s0009640700102410 | pages=477–478| s2cid=161791223 }} *{{cite journal|url=http://thecresset.org/2006/Aune_M2006.html|journal=The Cresset|volume=70|issue=1|date=2006|title=Frank C. Senn's The People's Work: A Social History of the Liturgy|last=Aune|first=Michael B.|pages=56–58|access-date=August 2, 2020}} </ref> *Lutheran Identity: A Classical Understanding. Augsburg Fortress, 2008. {{ISBN|0-8066-8010-5}} *Introduction to Christian Liturgy (Fortress Press, 2012). {{ISBN|9780800698850}}<ref>Reviews of ''Introduction to Christian Liturgy:'' *{{cite journal | title=Shorter Reviews | journal=Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology | publisher=SAGE Publications | volume=68 | issue=2 | date=2014-03-19 | issn=0020-9643 | doi=10.1177/0020964313517858 | pages=204–229| s2cid=220940954 }} *{{cite web|title=Review of Introduction to Christian Liturgy by Frank Senn|website=Journal of Biblical and Theological Studies|last=Turnbow|first=Brian|url=https://jbtsonline.org/review-of-introduction-to-christian-liturgy-by-frank-c-senn/|access-date=August 2, 2020}}</ref> *Embodied Liturgy: Lessons in Christian Ritual (Fortress Press, 2016). {{ISBN|978-1-4514-9627-7}} *Eucharistic Body (Fortress Press, 2017). {{ISBN|978-1-5064-1676-2}} *(Editor) Protestant Spiritual Traditions, Volume 2 (Wipf and Stock, 2020). {{ISBN|978-1-5326-9829-3}}
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==External links== * {{official website | http://www.frank-answers.com/ }}
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