
The Swedish Pietists: A Reader
Excerpts from the Writings of Carl Olof Rosenius and Paul Peter Waldenström
Mark Safstrom(Editor)
Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published on 24. March 2015
252 pages
978-1-4982-2760-5 (ISBN)
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Beginning in the 1830s and stretching into the first decades of the twentieth century, the Lutheran state churches of Scandinavia experienced a great spiritual awakening. At the center of this movement were devotional materials and sermons made accessible through colporteurs and booksellers throughout Scandinavia, as well as among immigrants in North America. Two of the most influential and widely-read authors of this period were the Swedish preachers, Carl Olof Rosenius (1816-1868) and Paul Peter Waldenstrom (1838-1917), who became household names through their immensely popular devotional journal Pietisten ("The Pietist"). Both men emerged from the long tradition of revivalism within the Lutheran state churches of Europe known as Pietism, and consciously drew on this heritage as they helped to articulate and redefine the priorities of revival Christianity in a new era. This collection includes many excerpts never before translated into English, as well as an accessible and thorough introduction to these authors' careers and historical contexts. Influenced by their irenic tone, simplicity, and evangelical warmth, translator and editor Mark Safstrom makes available some of the best of Rosenius's and Waldenstrom's writing for a new generation of laypeople, pastors, and scholars.
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Eugene
United States
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978-1-4982-2760-5 (9781498227605)
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The Swedish Pietists: A Reader
Excerpts from the Writings of Carl Olof Rosenius and Paul Peter Waldenstroem
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The Swedish Pietists: A Reader
Excerpts from the Writings of Carl Olof Rosenius and Paul Peter Waldenstroem
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Mark Safstrom, PhD, is Lecturer in Swedish and Scandinavian Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research focuses on various aspects of the history of social movements and revivalism in Scandinavia. He has previously written on such topics as the political career of Paul Peter Waldenstrom (chapter in The Pietist Impulse in Christianity, 2011), as well as translated Waldenstrom's allegorical novel Squire Adamsson, Or, Where Do You Live? (2014).
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Pietism according to Scott and Rosenius
- Chapter 2: Knowing God as Father
- Chapter 3: Knowing Jesus as Christ
- Chapter 4: Invitation to the Christian Congregation
- Chapter 5: Invitation to Experience the Life of Faith
- Chapter 6: Appendix: Historic Addresses
- Bibliography
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