German Church on the American Frontier : A Study in the Rise of Religion among the Germans of the West, Based on the History of the Evangelischer Kirchenverein des Westerns Evangelical Church Society of the West 1840-1866

Schneider, Carl E.

ISBN 10: 1606082183 / ISBN 13: 9781606082188

Published by Wipf and Stock, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: German Church on the American Frontier : A Study in the Rise of Religion among the Germans of the West, Based on the History of the Evangelischer Kirchenverein des Westerns Evangelical Church Society of the West 1840-1866
• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1606082183
• ISBN 13: 9781606082188
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Since its original release in 1939, Carl Schneider's The German Church on the American Frontier has been the premier published resource on the unique "Evangelischer Kirchenverein des Westens" (Evangelical Church Society of the West), 1840-66, which later assumed a wider denominational identity as the German Evangelical Synod of North America, the church of the Niebuhr family. Known eventually as the Evangelical Synod of North America, the group's ecumenical and irenic heritage contributed to mergers that resulted in the Evangelical and Reformed Church, 1934-1957, and thereafter in the United Church of Christ.

About the Author

Carl E. Schneider is Chauncey Stillman Professor of Law and Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan. He has written "More Than You Wanted to Know: The Failure of Mandated Disclosur"e, "The Practice of Autonomy: Patients, Doctors, and Medical Decisions", and numerous other books and articles.