Erich Markel Chair in German Reformation Studies, Professor of History and Theology, Valparaiso University
Bio
Professor Rittgers’ research interests are in religious, intellectual, and social history of medieval and Early Modern/Reformation Europe, focusing especially on theology and devotion. He is the author of The Reformation of Suffering: Pastoral Theology and Lay Piety in Late Medieval and Early Modern Germany (Oxford University Press, 2012).