A basic history of Lutheranism in America / Abdel Ross Wentz.
- Revised edition.
- viii, 439 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Selective bibliography: pages 398-421.
PART I. In colonial times (1625-1740) -- 1. General background -- 2. New Netherland and New York -- 3. New Sweden -- 4. Pennsylvania -- 5. From Maryland to Georgia -- 6. The religious life of the Lutheran colonists -- PART II. At the birth of the nation (1740-1790) -- 7. General background -- 8. Muhlenberg, the organizer -- 9. The Lutheran element at the birth of the nation -- PART III. In the youth of the republic (1790-1830) -- 10. General background -- 11. Westward expansion and new synods -- 12. Problems of faith and language -- 13. A general organization and a seminary -- 14. Lutheran people in the youth of the republic -- PART IV. In a period of internal discord (1830-1870) -- 15. General background -- 16. Organized benevolence -- 17. Immigration and confessional reaction -- 18. "American Lutheranism" -- 19. Disruption and reconstruction -- 20. In civil conflict -- PART V. In the days of big business (1870-1910) -- 21. General background -- 22. Growth in numbers and benevolence -- 23. The development of the Augustana Lutheran Church -- 24. Faith and works in the Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod -- 25. The liturgical development -- 26. Confessional conservation -- PART VI. In an age of larger units (1910- ) -- 27. General background -- 28. The Evangelical Lutheran Church -- 29. German mergers in the Northwest -- 30. The United Lutheran Church in America -- 31. The American Lutheran Church (1930) -- 32. The National Lutheran Church -- 33. The American Lutheran Conference and independent bodies -- 34. The social ministry of Lutherans -- 35. The Lutheran World Federation -- 36. Recent moves toward Lutheran union -- 37. Lutherans in the modern ecumenical movement -- PART VII. In an age of pluralism and ecumenism (1950- ) -- 38. General background -- 39. The American Lutheran Church (1960) -- 40. The Lutheran Church in America (1960) -- 41. The Lutheran council in the United States -- 42. Extending social ministry -- 43. The service book and hymnal -- 44. Significant moves in the Lutheran World Federation.