Table of Contents
List of Images vii
Credits ix
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 The European Background to American Lutheranism 7
Excursus 1 Rasmus Jensen and Danish Exploration 33
Chapter 2 Beginnings, 1619-1720 35
Excursus 2 Lutherans in the Caribbean 59
Chapter 3 Early Colonial Developments, 1720-1748 61
Excursus 3 Colonial Lutheran Pastoral Care 85
Chapter 4 Establishment of Eastern Lutheranism, 1748-1781 87
Excursus 4 Red and Green and Black and Blue: Lutheran Hymnals and Their Impact 111
Chapter 5 Lutherans in a New Nation, 1781-1820 113
Excursus 5 "Father" Adam Keffer and Early Canadian Lutheranism 139
Chapter 6 Expansion and Conflict, 1820-1855 141
Excursus 6 "Praise the Lord": Lutherans and American Revivalism 167
Chapter 7 Mass Immigration, 1855-1888 171
Excursus 7 Thea: One Life among Many 199
Chapter 8 Structuring an American Lutheranism, 1888-1918 201
Excursus 8 Colleges and Controversy 229
Chapter 9 Becoming Americans, 1918-1940 231
Excursus 9 Lutherans and the Lodge 259
Chapter 10 Lutherans in War and Peace, 1940-1965 261
Excursus 10 American Lutheran Aid to Refugees 289
Chapter 11 Turmoil, Change, and Consolidation, 1965-1988 291
Excursus 11 Lutheran Cooperation 321
Chapter 12 Uncertain Present, Uneasy Future, 1988-2013 323
Excursus 12 Hispanic Lutheranism 353
Epilogue: Hope 355
Abbreviations and Acronyms 359
Selected Annotated Bibliography 363
Index 377
