Granquist, Mark Alan,  1957- <br/><br/>
Lutherans in America :  a new history / 
Mark Granquist. 
 - x, 388 pages, 18 unnumbered pages :  illustrations, portraits, maps, facsimiles ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-375) and index. 
<br/><br/>The European background to American Lutheranism -- Excursus 1: Rasmus Jensen and Danish exploration -- Beginnings, 1619-1720 -- Excursus 2: Lutherans in the Caribbean -- Early colonial developments, 1720-1748 -- Excursus 3: Colonial Lutheran pastoral care -- Establishment of Eastern Lutheranism, 1748-1781 -- Excursus 4: Red and green and black and blue : Lutheran hymnals and their impact -- Lutherans in a new nation, 1781-1820 -- Excursus 5: "Father" Adam Keffer and early Canadian Lutheranism -- Expansion and conflict, 1820-1855 -- Excursus 6: "Praise the Lord" : Lutherans and American revivalism -- Mass immigration, 1855-1888 -- Excursus 7: Thea : one life among many -- Structuring an American Lutheranism, 1888-1918 -- Excursus 8: Colleges and controversy -- Becoming Americans, 1918-1940 -- Excursus 9: Lutherans and the Lodge -- Lutherans in war and peace, 1940-1965 -- Excursus 10: American Lutheran aid to refugees -- Turmoil, change, and consolidation, 1965-1988 -- Excursus 11: Lutheran cooperation -- Uncertain present, uneasy future, 1988-2013 -- Excursus 12: Hispanic Lutheranism -- Epilogue: Hope. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1451472285 9781451472288 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Lutheran Church--History.--United States<br/>Lutherans--History.--United States
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BX8041  / .G73 2015 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>284.173