The Boy from the Burgenland
Eric W. Gritsch is a scholar, teacher and pastor who experienced the reign of Adolf Hitler and Russian military occupation in his native Austria before he immigrated to the United States where he became a Seminary Professor. After four decades of teaching, research, writing and pastoral work, he officially retired, but continued these activities in a variety of settings, be it as a Guest Professor, Interim Pastor, or Workshop Leader. He hopes that the story of his life and work will lure others into similar ventures, especially the study and teaching of church history as basic features of theological thinking and spiritual formation.