The Lutheran Church in Colonial America

The Lutheran Church in Colonial America
Author: Lars P. Qualben
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2008-08-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1725223198

"Many people have been waiting for a thorough and scholarly work on the early history of Lutheranism in our country. Dr. L.P. Qualben deserves our deep thanks for doing this task and doing it well." - W. G. Polack, Professor in Church History Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo. "Valuable features of the work are the proportionately full discussion of European backgrounds; the study of colonial Lutherans, no as an isolated group, but rather as an integral part of the general colonial life and development; and the inclusion of a section on Lutheran developments in Canada." - Theodore G. Tappert, Professor in Church History, Mount Airy Seminary, Philadelphia, Pa. "The book should prove helpful to anyone interested in the formative period of our American nation and the part that Lutheranism played in its birth." - P.H. Buehring, Professor in Church History, Capital University, Columbus, Ohio

The Lutheran Church in Colonial America

The Lutheran Church in Colonial America
Author: Lars P. Qualben
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2008-08-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1606081357

""Many people have been waiting for a thorough and scholarly work on the early history of Lutheranism in our country. Dr. L.P. Qualben deserves our deep thanks for doing this task and doing it well."" - W. G. Polack, Professor in Church History Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo. ""Valuable features of the work are the proportionately full discussion of European backgrounds; the study of colonial Lutherans, no as an isolated group, but rather as an integral part of the general colonial life and development; and the inclusion of a section on Lutheran developments in Canada."" - Theodore G. Tappert, Professor in Church History, Mount Airy Seminary, Philadelphia, Pa. ""The book should prove helpful to anyone interested in the formative period of our American nation and the part that Lutheranism played in its birth."" - P.H. Buehring, Professor in Church History, Capital University, Columbus, Ohio

Lutherans in America

Lutherans in America
Author: Mark Alan Granquist
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2015
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1451472285

In this lively and engaging new history, Granquist brings to light not only the institutions that Lutherans founded and sustained but the people that lived within them. This shows the complete storynot only the policies and the politics, but the piety and the practical experiences of the Lutheran men and women who lived and worked in the American context. Bringing the story all the way to the present day, Granquist ably covers the full range of Lutheran expressions, bringing order and clarity to a complex and vibrant tradition.

American Lutheranism Volume 1

American Lutheranism Volume 1
Author: F. (Friedrich) Bente
Publisher: Tredition Classics
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2012-02
Genre:
ISBN: 9783847229384

This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of this series are united by passion for literature and driven by the intention of making all public domain books available in printed format again - worldwide. At tredition we believe that a great book never goes out of style. Several mostly non-profit literature projects provide content to tredition. To support their good work, tredition donates a portion of the proceeds from each sold copy. As a reader of a TREDITION CLASSICS book, you support our mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from oblivion.

Dear Church

Dear Church
Author: Lenny Duncan
Publisher: Fortress Press
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2019-07-02
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1506452574

Lenny Duncan is the unlikeliest of pastors. Formerly incarcerated, he is now a black preacher in the whitest denomination in the United States: the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Shifting demographics and shrinking congregations make all the headlines, but Duncan sees something else at work--drawing a direct line between the church's lack of diversity and the church's lack of vitality. The problems the ELCA faces are theological, not sociological. But so are the answers. Part manifesto, part confession, and all love letter, Dear Church offers a bold new vision for the future of Duncan's denomination and the broader mainline Christian community of faith. Dear Church rejects the narrative of church decline and calls everyone--leaders and laity alike--to the front lines of the church's renewal through racial equality and justice. It is time for the church to rise up, dust itself off, and take on forces of this world that act against God: whiteness, misogyny, nationalism, homophobia, and economic injustice. Duncan gives a blueprint for the way forward and urges us to follow in the revolutionary path of Jesus. Dear Church also features a discussion guide at the back--perfect for church groups, book clubs, and other group discussion.

Lutherans in North America

Lutherans in North America
Author: Clifford E. Nelson
Publisher: Fortress Press
Total Pages: 586
Release: 1975
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781451407389

This book gives today's Lutherans a sense of heritage, identity and continuity, a sense of self-understanding. Readers will see themselves as part of a family. They can identify with the struggles, hopes, and frustrations of wave after wave of immigrants adapting to the strange new world of America and at the same time trying to preserve all they had known and loved and brought with them from the homeland. The genius of the entire volume is that it points beyond family memories to an ongoing and continuing life of which we and our children are a living part. Contributors: Theodore G. Tappert, Eugene Fevold, Fred W. Meuser, H. George Anderson, August R. Suelflow, and E. Clifford Nelson.

The Early History of the Lutheran Church in Georgia

The Early History of the Lutheran Church in Georgia
Author: Hermann Winde
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2021-03-29
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1725274981

Beginning with the immigration of the "Georgia Salzburgers," religious exiles from Europe, The Early History of the Lutheran Church in Georgia tells a story of faith and struggle that is deeply embedded in the religious and cultural life of the American colonial South. Previously unpublished and untranslated, Hermann Winde's dissertation laid the foundation for a limited group of scholars and specialists who have continued to develop that story for over four decades. Now, both the detail that emerges through Winde's primary sources and the breadth of the connections he makes across colonial Georgia's geographical and cultural landscape will continue to appeal to scholars and general readers alike as they enter the world of Georgia's first Lutheran communities.

A Basic History of Lutheranism in America

A Basic History of Lutheranism in America
Author: Abdel Ross Wentz
Publisher: Philadelphia, Fortress
Total Pages: 458
Release: 1964
Genre: Church history
ISBN:

"Lutheranism in America is a comprehensive history of the Lutheran church and the Lutheran people in the United States. This volume ... presents the historical facts and interprets the general course of events in such a way as to prevent the reader from losing the main thread in a mass of details. At the same time this work points the way toward advanced study. Beginning with the early Lutheran church in New Netherlands, the author shows the relationship between American culture and the Lutheran Church. He carefully presents the development of this church in the light of historical perspective, showing how the church and the nation were born in America at the same time, grew up side by side and developed by similar stages of progress. Dr. Wentz also shows how the Lutheran church in America is an integral and potent part of American Christianity, and its members a typical element of the American nation."--Jacket.