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Early German-American Evangelicalism
J. Steven O'Malley
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Description for Early German-American Evangelicalism
Hardback. Contains annotated selections from Pietist authors representing Rhineland spirituality. The influence of each author upon German-American evangelicalism, the United Brethren in Christ, and the Evangelical Association is also indicated. Series: Pietist & Wesleyan Studies. Num Pages: 362 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HRCC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
The roots of American evangelical religion that have usually been traced to the Puritans also included numerous German immigrants. In this migration, a major stream of spirituality, heretofore unexplored in their primary sources, was the Reformed and Radical Pietism that originated in the Rhineland and contributed to the formation of the earliest indigenous expressions of American denominationalism. This volume contains annotated selections, most of which were previously unavailable in English, from Pietist authors representing that Rhineland spirituality. Each selection is preceded by a historical and theological introduction. The influence of each author upon the emerging expressions of ... Read more
The roots of American evangelical religion that have usually been traced to the Puritans also included numerous German immigrants. In this migration, a major stream of spirituality, heretofore unexplored in their primary sources, was the Reformed and Radical Pietism that originated in the Rhineland and contributed to the formation of the earliest indigenous expressions of American denominationalism. This volume contains annotated selections, most of which were previously unavailable in English, from Pietist authors representing that Rhineland spirituality. Each selection is preceded by a historical and theological introduction. The influence of each author upon the emerging expressions of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
Series
Pietist & Wesleyan Studies
Number of Pages
362
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810828735
SKU
V9780810828735
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About J. Steven O'Malley
J. Steven O'Malley is an American church historian with numerous publications in the Evangelical United Brethren tradition. He serves as the John T. Seamands Professor of Wesleyan Holiness History at Asbury Theological Seminary.
Reviews for Early German-American Evangelicalism
...footnotes are very useful...handsomely produced and well-indexed, including a useful...set of scriptural references. For the seasoned student interested in placing various strains of late North American Pietism in the proper trans-Atlantic context that extends back to the German Reformed theological insights, much can be gleaned from O'Malley's reflections...
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