TY - BOOK AU - Granquist,Mark Alan TI - Lutherans in America: a new history SN - 1451472285 AV - BX8041 .G73 2015 U1 - 284.173 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Minneapolis PB - Fortress Press KW - Lutheran Church KW - United States KW - History KW - Lutherans N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-375) and index; 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 ER -