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Muhlenberg's ministerium, Ben Franklin's deism, and the churches of the twenty-first century : reflections on the 250th anniversary of the oldest Lutheran church body in North America / edited by John Reumann.

Contributor(s): Reumann, John Henry Paul
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2011Description: vii, 235 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780802862464 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0802862462 (pbk. : alk. paper)Other title: Muhlenberg's ministerium, Ben Franklin's deism, and the churches of the 21st centurySubject(s): Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania and the Adjacent States -- History -- Congresses | Muhlenberg, Henry Melchior, 1711-1787 -- Congresses | Lutheran Church -- East (U.S.) -- History -- CongressesDDC classification: 284.1/3 LOC classification: BX8061.P4 | M85 2011Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-235).
Contents:
Introduction: Occasion and events 1997-2006, the 250th anniversary of the Ministerium of Pennsylvania, and the 300th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin -- I. The church that was planted and grew -- The church still being planted : a survey history of Muhlenberg's Ministerium / Robert J. Marshall -- Reponses to Robert Marshall's survey history. Mission : continuing the Muhlenberg tradition in the South / Raymond M. Bost -- Organization : Muhlenberg, ecclesiology, and confessional witness / A. Gregg Roeber -- Personal experience in the Muhlenberg tradition / Robert F. Scholz -- Muhlenberg ecumenism into century twenty-one / Frederick K. Wentz -- II. Roots and seeds for new plantings -- Muhlenberg's ministry and Ministerium, two hundred fifty years and counting / John Reumann -- Responses to "Muhlenberg's ministry and Ministerium" -- Carrying on the Muhlenberg tradition and mission / Darrell Jodock -- Revivalism and "mainline churches," clergy, and laity / Cynthia Jurisson -- "The irreligious" and some cases in the Carolinas / Susan Wilds McArver -- III. Aspects of an anniversary in history, mission, and the arts -- The church : still being planted / H. George Anderson -- Hymn for the 250th anniversary : "word of wisdom" / Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr. -- A twisted cord : a drama involving Muhlenberg and Johann Casper Stoever, Jr. / John P. Trump -- "The good old days" : the social context of Muhlenberg's times : letters of Anna Maria Weiser Muhlenberg to Christine Engelhart / Louise Proehl Shoemaker -- Muhlenberg's mission / Philip Krey -- Anniversary sermon / Barbara Berry-Bailey -- Keynote address at the dedication of the Muhlenberg House, Trappe, Pennsylvania, August 9, 1998 / Charles H. Glatfelter -- IV. Retrospective. Muhlenberg's Ministerium and the churches of today and tomorrow, in the setting of the deism of the Founding Fathers, especially Benjamin Franklin / John Reumann.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-235).

Articles selected from symposium 'Roses for new plantings' in the Church that was planted and grew: August 7-9 in Allentown Pennsylvania.

Introduction: Occasion and events 1997-2006, the 250th anniversary of the Ministerium of Pennsylvania, and the 300th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin -- I. The church that was planted and grew -- The church still being planted : a survey history of Muhlenberg's Ministerium / Robert J. Marshall -- Reponses to Robert Marshall's survey history. Mission : continuing the Muhlenberg tradition in the South / Raymond M. Bost -- Organization : Muhlenberg, ecclesiology, and confessional witness / A. Gregg Roeber -- Personal experience in the Muhlenberg tradition / Robert F. Scholz -- Muhlenberg ecumenism into century twenty-one / Frederick K. Wentz -- II. Roots and seeds for new plantings -- Muhlenberg's ministry and Ministerium, two hundred fifty years and counting / John Reumann -- Responses to "Muhlenberg's ministry and Ministerium" -- Carrying on the Muhlenberg tradition and mission / Darrell Jodock -- Revivalism and "mainline churches," clergy, and laity / Cynthia Jurisson -- "The irreligious" and some cases in the Carolinas / Susan Wilds McArver -- III. Aspects of an anniversary in history, mission, and the arts -- The church : still being planted / H. George Anderson -- Hymn for the 250th anniversary : "word of wisdom" / Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr. -- A twisted cord : a drama involving Muhlenberg and Johann Casper Stoever, Jr. / John P. Trump -- "The good old days" : the social context of Muhlenberg's times : letters of Anna Maria Weiser Muhlenberg to Christine Engelhart / Louise Proehl Shoemaker -- Muhlenberg's mission / Philip Krey -- Anniversary sermon / Barbara Berry-Bailey -- Keynote address at the dedication of the Muhlenberg House, Trappe, Pennsylvania, August 9, 1998 / Charles H. Glatfelter -- IV. Retrospective. Muhlenberg's Ministerium and the churches of today and tomorrow, in the setting of the deism of the Founding Fathers, especially Benjamin Franklin / John Reumann.

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