Concordia Seminary - Saint Louis Scholarly Resources from Concordia Seminary Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation Concordia Seminary Scholarship 12-1-2017 My Brother’s Keeper How American Lutherans Fought to Preserve the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Russia in the USSR, 1921–1939 Matthew Heise Concordia Seminary, St. Louis,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.csl.edu/phd Part of the History of Christianity Commons Recommended Citation Heise, Matthew, "My Brother’s Keeper How American Lutherans Fought to Preserve the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Russia in the USSR, 1921–1939" (2017). Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation. 68. https://scholar.csl.edu/phd/68 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Concordia Seminary Scholarship at Scholarly Resources from Concordia Seminary. It has been accepted for inclusion in Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Resources from Concordia Seminary. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. MY BROTHER’S KEEPER HOW AMERICAN LUTHERANS FOUGHT TO PRESERVE THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF RUSSIA IN THE USSR, 1921–1939 A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Department of History in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy By Matthew Heise December 2017 Approved by Robert Rosin Advisor Robert Kolb Reader Gerhard Bode Reader ii © 2017 by Matthew Walter Heise. All rights reserved. ii CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .......................................................................................................