A Basic Bibliography on Lutherans in North America
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A Basic Bibliography on Lutherans in North America (Taken from Mark Granquist, Lutherans in America: A New History. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2013, and used by permission). Historical Guides, Reference Works, and Bibliographies Robert C. Wiederaenders, ed., Historical Guide to Lutheran Church Bodies of North America. Second Edition. Lutheran Historical Conference Publication 1, St. Louis: Lutheran Historical Conference, 1998. This reference work is indispensable as a guide to American Lutheran history, giving the historical outlines of its institutional formation. Includes bibliography, maps, charts, and texts. A first edition of this work by the same editor is entitled The Synods of American Lutheranism. Susan Wilds McArver, “Lutherans,” in Philip Goff, ed., Blackwell Companion to American Religion. Malden MA: Wiley Blackwell, 2010, pp. 614-35. A detailed and very helpful historiographical essay on the writing of American Lutheran history, with an extended bibliography of sources at its end. Extremely useful, especially because it is relatively current. Louis Charles Voigt, “The Development of Official Titles Used By Lutheran Church Bodies in North America, 1748-1966,” MA Thesis, University of Chicago, 1967. Robert C. Wiederaenders, A Bibliography of American Lutheranism, 1624-1850. N.p.: 1956. Betty DeBerg, Women and Women’s Issues in North Americans Lutheranism. Chicago: Commission for Women of the ELCA, 1992. Encyclopedias and Reference works Julius Bodensieck, ed., The Encyclopedia of the Lutheran Church. 3 volumes. Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1965. A standard resource, especially good for the breadth of its coverage Timothy Wengert, ed., The Dictionary of Luther and the Lutheran Tradition. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 2017. 1 A very current and useful reference book Erwin L. Lueker, Lutheran Cyclopedia. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1975. Another very useful single volume reference. Entries are not lengthy but can be very helpful for basic details. Also online as the “Christian Cyclopedia” - http://cyclopedia.lcms.org/ Günther Gassmann, Historical Dictionary of Lutheranism. 2nd edition. Lanham MD: Scarecrow Press, 2011. Has some decent entries, but is limited and in places inaccurate Almanacs and Directories These kinds of works, which have been issued in various forms from the middle of the nineteenth century, can be very useful for locating congregations and individuals, as well as other important information. Two notable versions of this genre are: Helen M. Knubel, Lutheran Church Directory for the United States and Canada. New York: National Lutheran Council (later by the Lutheran Council in the USA). G.L. Kieffer, et all, eds., The Lutheran World Almanac. New York: National Lutheran Council. Volume 1, 1920, through volume 8, 1937. Journals and Periodicals Lutheran Quarterly. New series since 1987; previous series 1948-1976. Older series also valuable Journal of the Lutheran Historical Conference. Since 2011; replaces- Essays and Reports of the Lutheran Historical Conference. Biennial, 22 volumes, 1966-2006. Concordia Historical Institute Quarterly. Wisconsin Lutheran Quarterly. Sourcebooks and Readers 2 Richard C. Wolf, ed. Documents of Lutheran Unity in America. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1966. Best anthology of official documents and other materials Carl S. Meyer, ed., Moving Frontiers: Readings in the History of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1964. August Suelflow, ed., Heritage in Motion. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1988. Two volumes covering the history of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod Biographies There is no good standard collection of Lutheran biographies available. There are many places to go for American Lutheran biographies, however, especially synodical histories, alumni volumes (especially for the Luther seminaries), and other regional and localized historical works. The encyclopedias and references books listed above are also generally good in this area. J.C. Jensson (sometimes Roseland), American Lutheran Biographies. Milwaukee: n.p, 1890. Helpful for Lutheran pastors in the eighteenth and nineteenth-centuries. Ira O. Nothstein, Lutheran Makers of America: Brief Sketches of Sixty-eight Notable Early Lutherans. Philadelphia: United Lutheran Publication House, 1930. Helpful for colonial Lutheranism, both lay and clergy General Histories E. Clifford Nelson, ed., The Lutherans in North America. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1975. The standard history on the subject, especially good on the institutional history. Wentz, Abdel Ross, A Basic History of Lutheranism in America. Revised edition, Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1964. Prior to Nelson the standard history, still very useful. L. DeAne Lagerquist, The Lutheran. “Denominations in America, Number 9,” Westport CT: Greenwood Press, 1999. An excellent interpretative history, though not as detailed as Nelson or Wentz. Hard- cover edition has a fine biography section in the back. 3 John E. Groh and Robert H. Smith, eds., The Lutheran Church in North American Life. St. Louis: Clayton Publishing Company, 1979. Another interesting topical history, concentrating on Lutherans and American culture. J. L. Neve and Willard Allbeck, History of the Lutheran Church in America. Third Edition. Burlington IA: Lutheran Literacy Board, 1934. Henry Eyster Jacobs, A History of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1893. Two older histories, but with which interesting and important materials. Specialized Histories John H. Tietjen, Which Way to Lutheran Unity? St. Louis: Clayton Publishing House, 1966. Richard W. Solberg, Lutheran Higher Education in North America. Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1985. Conrad Bergendoff, The Doctrine of the Church in American Lutheranism. Philadelphia: Muhlenberg Press, 1956. Colonial Lutheranism Lars. P. Qualben, The Lutheran Church in Colonial America. New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1940. Some good information, but must be used carefully – some parts are inaccurate New York Arnold J.H. vanLaer, trans., The Lutheran Church in New York, 1649-1772. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Simon Hart and Harry Kreider, trans., The Lutheran Church in New York and New Jersey, 1772- 1760. N.p.: United Lutheran Synod of New York and New England, 1962. Delber Wallace Clark, The World of Justus Falckner. Philadelphia: Muhlenberg Press, 1946. Kim-Eric Williams, The Journey of Justus Falckner. Delhi: New York: ALPB Books, 2003. New Sweden 4 Peter Stebbins Craig and Kim-Eric Williams, eds., Colonial Records of the Swedish Churches in Pennsylvania. 4 volumes (so far), Philadelphia: Swedish Colonial Society, 2006-2008. Amandus Johnson, The Swedish Settlements on the Delaware, 1638-1664. 2 vol., New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1911. Daniel Lindmark, Ecclesia Plantanda: Swedishness in Colonial America. Skrifter Från forskningsprogrammet, 52. Umeå, Sweden: n.p., 2005. German Immigration Theodore E. Schmauk, ed., The Lutheran Church in Pennsylvania, 1638-1820. Philadelphia: General Council Publication House, 1903. Documentary History of the Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania, 1748-1821. Philadelphia: General Council, 1898. A.G. Roeber, Palatines, Liberty, and Property: German Lutherans in Colonial British America. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993. Hans-Jürgen Grabbe, ed., Halle Pietism. Colonial North America, and the Young United States. USA-Studien, Band 15. N.p.: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2008. Theodore Tappert and John Doberstein, trans., The Journals of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg. 3 volumes. Philadelphia: Muhlenberg Press, 1942. Paul A.W. Wallace, The Muhlenbergs of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1950. Leonard R. Rigforgiato, Missionary of Moderation: Henry Melchior Muhlenberg and the Lutheran Church in English America. Lewisburg PA: Bucknell University Press, 1980. Wolfgang Splitter, Pastors, people, politics : German Lutherans in Pennsylvania, 1740-1790. Trier: Wissenschaftlicher, 1998. Georgia Samuel Urlsperger, et al., trans., Detailed Reports on the Salzberger Emigrants Who Settled in America. 18 volumes (so far). Athens GA: University of Georgia Press, 1968 ff. Russell Kleckley, trans., The Letters of Johann Martin Boltzius, Lutheran Pastor in Ebenezer, Georgia. 2 volumes. Lewiston NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 2009. Nineteenth Century 5 Eastern Lutheranism Abdel Ross Wentz, Pioneer in Christian Unity: Samuel Simon Schmucker. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1967. Michael J. Kurtz, John Gottlieb Morris: Man of God and Man of Science. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1997. Harry J. Kreider, History of the United Lutheran Synod of New York and New Jersey. Philadelphia: Muhlenberg Press, 1954. Abdel Ross Wentz, A History of the Evangelical Lutheran Synods of Maryland, 1820-1920. Harrisburg PA: Evangelical Press, 1920. Willard D. Allbeck, A Century of Lutherans in Ohio. Yellow Springs OH: The Antioch Press, 1966. See also the histories of the various synods “American” Lutheranism and Confessionalism Theodore G. Tappert, ed., Lutheran Confessional Theology in America, 1840-1880. New York: Oxford University Press, 1972. Walter H. Conser, Jr., Church and Confession: Conservative Theologians in Germany, England, and America, 1815-1866. Macon GA: Mercer University Press, 1984, Arthur C. Repp, Sr., Luther’s Catechism Comes to America. Metuchen NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1982. Paul P. Kuenning, The Rise and Fall of American Lutheran Pietism: The Rejection