The life, work, and influence of Wilhelm Loehe : 1808-1872 /
by Erika Geiger ; translated by Wolf Dietrich Knappe.
- xviii, 272 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Childhood -- Time in the Gymnasium -- Study of theology -- Years of wandering as a vicar -- Neuendettelsau : wedding, marriage, family -- Mission in North America -- Between work in the congregation and among emigrants -- Struggle for a Lutheran church -- From the Missouri Synod to the Iowa Synod -- The Deaconess Institute -- Neuendettelsau and the Landeskirche -- The "deaconess father" -- Years of sickness -- In retrospect : "a cry for the perfection of the church" -- Loehe's work after his death.