A Brief History of the Lutheran Church in America

by J. L. Neve

Publisher:

The German Literary Board

, 1916

Overview

After its first publication in 1903, A Brief History of the Lutheran Church in America quickly became a part of the curriculum in nearly all Lutheran theological seminaries in America. This second edition doubled the size of the original text as Juergen Neve gained access to a greater knowledge base and the demand became more apparent. Neve wished to provide an objective history of each synod in the American Lutheran church—one that wouldn’t magnify or minimize the merits of any in particular, including his own. To this end, he accepted a number of contributions from scholars and theologians more knowledgeable on the histories of particular synods Neve himself didn’t have access to, especially those that did not have previous historical literature.

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Key Features

• Includes historical Lutheran texts written by leading Lutheran scholars
• Contains materials ideal for students, teachers, and pastors
• Provides an in-depth analysis of American Lutheranism

Contributors

• Professor Geo. J. Frischel
• Professor E. Hove
• Reverend J. A. Bergh
• Professor G. M. Bruce
• Professor Geo. Scerdrup
• Professor P. S. Vig
• Reverend O. Engel
• Professor O. Lincke
• Dr. A. G. Voigt
• Professor L. Fuerbringer
• Dr. G. A. Schodde
• Dr. J. K. Nikander
• Dr. B. E. Jonsson
• Reverend G. Bessler

Product Details

• Title: A Brief History of the Lutheran Church in America
• Author: J. L. Neve
• Edition: Second Revised and Enlarged Edition
• Publisher: The German Literary Board
• Print Publication Date: 1916
• Logos Release Date: 2013
• Pages: 469
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Lutheran Church › United States--History
• Resource ID: LLS:BRHSLTHCHRMR
• Resource Type: text.monograph.church-history
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-11T17:21:12Z

About J. L. Neve

Juergen Ludqig Neve (1865–1943) was ordained as a Lutheran minister in 1888, and served as a professor of church history at the German Theological Seminary of the General Synod from 1887 to 1892. For the next seven years he was the pastor of Bremen, near Chester, Illinois, before returning to academia as professor of church history and symbolics at Western Theological Seminary in Achison, Kansas. In 1909, he became professor of symbolics and history of doctrine at Hamma Divinity School in Springfield, Ohio, where he served until his death in 1943. He is the author of Churches and Sects of Christendom, The Lutherans in the Movements for Church Union, Story and Significance of the Augsburg Confession on Its Four Hundredth Anniversary, and coauthor of A History of Christian Thought.