Augustana Heritage: a history of the Augustana Lutheran Church

Excerpt from Augustana Heritage: A History of the Augustana Lutheran ChurchPerhaps no nation has greater need of a historical awareness than America, for America is a strange and wonderful synthesis of many people, cultures, traditions, and faiths. To know something of these components is to appreciate the richness of the synthesis. That is why Carl S'andberg once exclaimed, We've got to show those who mold the future where things came from.Like America, the Lutheran Church in this hemisphere is a syn thesis with numerous components. It is composed of many traditions originally transplanted from Europe, and each possessing its own unique character and particularity. Thus, American Lutheranism is a synthesis the richness of which is understood and appreciated only through some knowledge of its parts.In the hope that the story of the Augustana Church would add a significant dimension to an understanding and appreciation of the Lu theran Church in America, the Executive Council of the Augustana Church decided in 1961 to publish a history of the Synod. The writer was invited to undertake the task of preparing this study, with the request that the project be completed by the time of the dissolu tion of the corporate existence of the Augustana Church.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.… (more)