The Soaring Crane
The Soaring Crane

Author: Edmond Yee

Publisher: Augsburg Fortress

Published:

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 9781451407457

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This inspirational new book tells the story of Asian Lutherans in North America. A stirring witness to the work of the Holy Spirit in the church and the community.

Millhands & Preachers
Millhands & Preachers

Author: Liston Pope

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 1942-01-01

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13: 9780300001822

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To explore the question of the church’s role in Western economic systems, Mr. Pope presents a pioneering study of the actual role played by the church in the industrial community Gastonia, North Carolina. He has written a brilliant criticism of the relationship between the textile mills and the churches, with broad implications for industry and church.

Called
Called

Author: Christopher J. Richmann

Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers

Published: 2022-05-31

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1506481302

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Called: Recovering Lutheran Principles for Ministry and Vocation traces Lutherans' views on ministerial call and constructively reorients the call to Luther's doctrine of vocation. The book provides insights to those considering the office of ministry and encourages all believers to live their spiritual priesthood in response to neighbors' needs.

The Secular Northwest
The Secular Northwest

Author: Tina Block

Publisher: UBC Press

Published: 2016-07-22

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 0774831316

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The image of a rough frontier – where working men were tempted away from church on Sundays by more profane concerns – was perpetuated by postwar church leaders, who decried the decline of religious involvement. In this pioneering book, Tina Block debunks the myth of a godless frontier, revealing a Pacific Northwest that consciously rejected the trappings of organized religion but not necessarily spirituality – and not necessarily God. Secularism was not only the domain of the working man: women, families, and middle-class communities all helped to shape the region’s secular identity. But rejection of religion led to family, gender, and class tensions. Drawing on oral histories, census data, newspapers, and archival sources, Block explores the dynamics of Northwest secularity, grounded in the cultural permeability of the Canada–United States border, the independent spirit of those who called the region home, and their openness to secular ways of experiencing the world.