Martin E. Marty

(1928- ) born at West Point, Cuming County, lived in Battle Creek, Madison County. Minister, educator, journalist, considered a noteworthy scholar and most influential popularizer of religion in America during the latter four decades of the 20th century, author or co-author of 50 books, editor or co-editor of 50 publications and several magazines, including Christian Century, recipient of three book awards, and granted over 50 honorary degrees. Consult Current Biography (1968) 244-247 and Time, December 22, 1986, p. 59 and Sunday /Omaha/ World Herald Magazine of the Midlands, June 3, 1990, pp. 7-8 and Contemporary Authors-New Revision Series, Vol 49 (Gale, 1995) 246-249 and Sunday World Herald, February 1, 1998, p. A-21 and Who's Who in America, Vol 2 (2003) 3396.

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