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Author:

Erling, Maria Elizabeth, 1955-

Title:

The Augustana story : shaping Lutheran identity in North America / Maria Erling and Mark Granquist.

Publisher:

Augsburg Fortress,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

x, 390 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church--History.
Lutheran Church--North America--History.

Other Authors:

Granquist, Mark Alan, 1957-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-386) and index.

Contents:

Swedish beginnings -- Making Lutheran connections in America -- Doctrinal controversy : Augustana and the mission friends -- Mission impulses -- Creating a Swedish-American Lutheran identity -- Education for a new American generation -- Music for the journey -- Becoming an American church -- A new century brings change -- An American church in a changing America -- Growth and expansion of the synod -- Growing the structures of ministry -- Go to Tanganyika -- Assimilation : "condensed in the last hours of a long day" -- Reconnecting with the church of Sweden -- Meeting the challenges of a new century -- Changes at the college and seminary -- New voices within the synod -- The far reaches of art -- Augustana's youthful edge --Augustana's ecumenical vision -- The social purpose of theology -- The road to Lutheran merger -- Augustana legacy.

ISBN:

0806680253 (alk. paper)
9780806680255 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2007036819

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

E7OX522 -- State Historical Society of Iowa Library (Des Moines)

OLAX314 -- Reu Memorial Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

F3OX522 -- State Historical Society of Iowa Library (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)