James D. Heiser

JAMES D. HEISER, is the Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America (ELDoNA) and Pastor of Salem Lutheran Church (Malone, Texas). He also serves as Dean of Missions for The Augustana Ministerium and as a member both of the Board of Directors and Steering Committee of The Mars Society.

Heiser earned his B.A.–Political Science at George Washington University (Washington, D.C.) and his M.Div. and S.T.M. from Concordia Theological Seminary (Fort Wayne, Indiana).

Heiser is the author of seven books: one examining the views of Russian Eurasianist Alexander Dugin (“‘The American Empire Should Be Destroyed’—Alexander Dugin and the Perils of Immanentized Eschatology”), one recounting the course of the Hermetic Reformation (“Prisci Theologi and the Hermetic Reformation in the Fifteenth Century”), a collection of essays concerning the Office of the Holy Ministry (“Stewards of the Mysteries of God”), two books of essays pertaining to space exploration and theology (“A Shining City on a Higher Hill” and “Civilization and the New Frontier”) and two books on the crises of the Modern age (“A Time for Every Purpose Under Heaven” and “The One True God, the Two Estates and the Three Kingdoms”). He is also the author of hundreds of published articles.