Dr. 杰克·舒尔茨, Professor of Anthropology in the 文理学院, was called to be with his Savior on Sunday, 5月12日, 2024.
加州欧文市，2024年5月13日 — Dr. 杰克·舒尔茨, Professor of Anthropology in the 文理学院, was called to be with his Savior on Sunday, 5月12日, 2024.
“We hopefully and confidently entrust our brother, 杰克·舒尔茨, into the loving arms of his Savior, 耶稣基督,” Dr. 迈克尔·托马斯。, president of 欧文康考迪亚大学. “While we grieve the loss of our colleague, 朋友, 导师, and teacher with a deep sigh of sorrow, thanks be to God that we do not grieve as those who have no hope! We know with certainty the promise of the Resurrection and the Life. Today, Jack is with our Lord in paradise!”
他们必不再饥饿, neither thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, 也没有酷暑. For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and He will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes (Revelation 7:16-17).
Dr. Schultz came to Concordia in 1998. During his 25 years serving Concordia, he taught a variety of classes on campus including Introduction of Cultural Anthropology, 社会中的宗教, 文化与自我, and Native Peoples of North America, 等. He also taught graduate courses in Christ College’s 跨文化事工中心 and both seminaries of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.
As a practicing anthropologist, Dr. Schultz was active in research exploring the interplay of religion and culture. He conducted ethnographic research among a variety of Native American peoples including the Seminole, 溪, 波尼, 拉科塔, 和纳瓦霍民族. He authored multiple publications in the anthropology of religion, most notably is his book The Seminole Baptists of Oklahoma: Maintaining a Traditional Community (University of Oklahoma Press, 1999). He also investigated religion in Eastern Europe and Japan. In addition to his interest in religion and culture, Dr. Schultz also studied material culture and native technologies.
作为一名教授. Schultz was intentional in assisting his students to see the hidden forces of culture in their own lives, as well as in the lives of others they interact with. 他被命名为 崔波诺 Professor of the Year at Concordia for the 2008-2009 academic year, and was a regular contributor to 崔波诺 讲座和播客. He worked with students and local Native American tribal representatives to identify and catalog artifacts found on Concordia’s campus, 并帮助创造了一个 partnership between Concordia and the local Juaneño Band of Mission Indians, Acjachemen Nation 来开发协和女神 遗产花园. Dr. 舒尔茨帮助准备了 环游世界 program students prior to their departure, and often served as a “drop in” professor during the course of their semester abroad. He shared his many talents with countless students and colleagues, many of whom he welcomed to his home to learn metal craft and leather-working.
"Dr Schultz taught us all that our understanding of culture, 在社会和教堂里, is at the same time often compromised and flawed through a culture dependent on our sinful nature, 但也得到了救赎和珍惜, worthy of investigation and understanding, through the person and work of 耶稣基督,博士想道。. Bret Taylor, Dean of the School of Arts & 科学. “Jack had a way of answering questions with questions per his training in anthropology, and yet did so with a love and care for the individual he was speaking with that was also genuine and inviting. He will be truly missed in the classroom, 在走廊里, and sitting on the back patio laughing, 反映, and 导师ing the young and not-so-young. We thank God for the gifts that He provided Jack, and for Jack's willingness to share those gifts with so many."
Dr. Schultz completed an Associate of Arts with a concentration in education (with honors) at St. 温菲尔德的约翰学院, KS and went on to complete his Bachelor of Arts in psychology and education at Concordia University, 河森林, IL (now Concordia University-Chicago). He earned his Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in anthropology from the University of Oklahoma. 除了他的田野调查之外. Schultz served as an adjunct professor and visiting professor at the University of Oklahoma, 俄克拉荷马州立大学, and Leuphana Universität in Lüneburg, 德国.
杰克是一位充满激情的老师, 出色的同事, 专用的父亲, 亲爱的丈夫, 作他主的仆人.
请为博士祈祷。. 舒尔茨的妻子, 克里斯汀·克罗·舒尔茨, 他们的三个孩子, 约书亚, 安娜, 和阿比盖尔, 和孙子.
A memorial service will be held on Concordia's campus on Saturday, 5月25日, at 2:00 pm in the Good Shepherd Chapel, with a reception immediately following on the Good Shepherd lawn.
To honor his legacy and passion for Anthropology through mission opportunities and education, Jack's family lovingly requests donations be made to 欧文康考迪亚大学's Dr. 杰克·舒尔茨纪念基金.