Fr. Oliver Herbel may be contacted either by phone:

218-289-4693
Or
By email: froliverherbel [at] cableone [dot] net

About our Pastor:

Fr. Oliver [Dellas Oliver Herbel] completed his doctorate degree in historical theology from Saint Louis University in May 2009. He has been married to his wife, Lorie, since 1996, and they have three children: Micah, Macrina, and Anastasia ("Tasha"). Fr. Oliver teaches "Ethics in the Information Age" as an adjunct at MSUM and serves as the faculty advisor to the MSUM fencing club.

The following is a list of some of Fr. Oliver's publications:

Books:

• Sarapion of Thmuis: Against the Manichaeans and Pastoral Letters. Vol. 14, Early Christian Studies Series by the Centre for Early Christian Studies in Australia (St. Paul's Publications, 2011).

Articles:

• “A Lesson to be Learned: Fr. Boris Burden's Failed Attempts to Foster Orthodox Jurisdictional Unity in America,” Journal of American Orthodox Church History 1:1 (2011): 34-51.
• “The Relationship of the African Orthodox Church to the Orthodox Churches and Its Importance for Appreciating the Brotherhood of St. Moses the Black,” Black Theology 8:1 (April, 2010): 10-31.
• "Ratramnus of Corbie, Paulinus of Aquileia, and Aeneas of Paris as Sources for Bonaventure's Filioque Arguments in the Sentences," Franciscan Studies, 65 (2007): 87-105.
• "Anselm the Neo-Nestorian? Responding to the Accusation in Light of On the Incarnation of the Word." St. Vladimir's Theological Quarterly, 52:2 (2007): 173-197. Note: the name given, "Oliver J. Herbel," is an error.
• "A Catholic, Presbyterian, and Orthodox Journey: The Changing Church Affiliation and Enduring Social Vision of Nicholas Bjerring." Zeitschrift für Neuere Theologiegeschichte/ Journal for the History of Modern Theology 14:1 (2007): 49-80.
• "Some Ethical Dimensions of Iconography." St. Tikhon's Theological Journal 3 (2005): 17-27.

Book Chapters

• “Getting Started on the Left Foot: A Very Brief Historical Survey of the First 125 Years of Russian Orthodox Historians and Theologians in the American Academy” in Orthodox Christianity and Higher Education: Theological, Historical, and Contemporary Reflection (Holy Cross Hellenic Press, forthcoming).
• “Here We Have no Enduring City: The Orthodox Churches in North America,” in The Orthodox World, edited by Augustine Casiday (Routledge, 2011).

Review Articles:

• Gibson, Mel. The Passion. Journal of Religion and Film. [Online]. 8:2 (October, 2004) available at: http://www.unomaha.edu/jrf/Vol8No2/herbelGibson.htm