Patrick Keifert is Professor of Systematic Theology at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota. He has also been an adjunct professor at the School of Law, Hamline University, St. Paul, since 1984.

Ordained in 1978, Keifert served congregations in Chicago, Washington state, Wyoming and Minnesota. He has been the general editor of the Journal of Law and Religion, and served on the editorial boards of Word & World and dialog.

He earned a B.A. degree from Valparaiso (Ind.) University, where he was a Christ College Scholar, and an M.Div. degree from Christ - Seminex. He received a Ph.D. degree from the Divinity School, University of Chicago, and has done additional study at the University of Heidelberg and the University of Tubingen in Germany.

He has been the recipient of the Fulbright-Hays Travel Grant, the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst Language Grant, and the Franklin Clark Fry Postdoctoral Fellowship. His books include: Welcoming the Stranger: A Public Theology of Worship and Evangelism; Worship and Evangelism: A Pastoral Handbook; and the People Together small group ministry series.