Danes in America: Danish-American Lutheranism from 1860-1908 - Softcover

Al, Peder Kj�lhede Et

9780930697105: Danes in America: Danish-American Lutheranism from 1860-1908

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0930697103 ISBN 13: 9780930697105

Publisher: Lur Publications, 2001

Danes in America is the first volume of a projected translation of the massive, two-volume work Danske i Amerika issued in 1906 and 1916.Used extensively by scholars of Danish Lutheranism the work has never before been available to non-Danish readers. Edward Hansen and Inga Larsen, grandchildren of two of the early Danes appearing in the work, have provided a text that is readable but yet retains significant nuances of the original Danish. This volume covers the crucial decades of the nineteenth century when Danish immigrants struggled at forming a Lutheran church of their own. Eventually differences of religious emphases outweighed Danish heritage resulting in two different churches on the American scene. Peter L. Petersen has written an informative introductory essay on P.S. Vig and the context of the earlier work. This volume reproduces the original illustrations which have been supplemented with photographs from the Danish immigrant Archives at both Grand View and Dana College.

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About the Author:

Peder Kj�lhede was born in Denmark in 1844. He was among the men sent by a mission support organization known as "The Select Committee" to be a pastor for Danes in America in 1880. He served congregations of Danish Lutherans in a number of places in the Midwest. In later years he was called upon to serve among his countrymen as president and ordainer in their immigrant church. His ministry ended with his death in 1937 at the age of 93.

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