The Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church in Print
The Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church in Print

Author: Virginia P. Follstad

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 382

ISBN-13: 9780810858312

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"This book identifies more than 300 periodicals published by the Augusta Evangelical Lutheran Church, its agencies, and various related institutions. Follstad presents these journals, magazines, and newspapers and briefly explains their contents, when and by whom they were published, and where materials are located in libraries and archives in the United States, Canada, and Sweden. Anyone researching Swedish-American history and culture, the history of the Lutheran Church in the United States and Canada, Swedish-American church history, and the history and inner life of Augustana Evangelical Lutherans will find this a helpful guide."--BOOK JACKET.

The Creation of an Ethnic Identity
The Creation of an Ethnic Identity

Author: Blanck, Dag

Publisher: SIU Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9780809389513

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"In his book, Dag Blanck analyzes how Swedish American identity was constructed, maintained, and changed in the Augustana Synod from 1860 to 1917. The author poses three fundamental questions: How did an ethnic identity develop in the Augustana synod? Of what did that ethnic identity consist? Why did that ethnic identity come into being?" "[summary]"--Provided by publisher

Preaching from Home
Preaching from Home

Author: Gracia Grindal

Publisher: Fortress Press

Published: 2017-01-01

Total Pages: 375

ISBN-13: 1506427189

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This volume by Gracia Grindal introduces English-speaking readers to several significant yet unsung Lutheran women hymn writers from the sixteenth century to the present. After a brief introductory discussion of Elisabeth Cruciger, the first woman hymn writer of the Reformation, Grindal provides fascinating profiles of these talented Scandinavian women who "preached from home": Dorothe Engelbretsdatter, Birgitte Hertz Boye, Berthe Canutte Aarflot, Lina Sandell, Britt G. Hallqvist, and Lisbeth Smedegaard Andersen. Grindal not only gives a biographical account of each womanher life, her piety, her timesbut also offers sparkling new English translations of each writers key hymns. In the last chapter Grindal recounts her own inspiring journey as a Lutheran woman hymn writer. Her Preaching from Home will open the door to a world previously unknown to most North Americans.

Called and Ordained
Called and Ordained

Author: Todd W. Nichol

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2004-03-15

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 1592445810

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What is ministry? And how are we to understand the distinctive ecclesiastical office known as ordained ministry? With clarity and insight, this book takes the discussion behind the current impasse between functional and ontological definitions. The contributors provide a distinctively American and ecumenical proposal that is consistent with the confession of justification by faith alone.