{"product_id":"wilhelm-loehe-and-north-america-paperback","title":"Wilhelm Loehe and North America: Historical Perspective and Living Legacy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCraig L. Nessan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKathryn A. Kleinhans\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilhelm Loehe is one of the most significant nineteenth-century figures for North American church life and mission, whose influence continues into the present. Loehe is unique for joining together aspects of the Christian life often held to be antithetical: worship and mission, orthodoxy and pietism, evangelical proclamation and diakonia, and theological imagination and practical skill in administration. Already in the nineteenth century Loehe contributed a vital principle for advancing ecumenical understanding: the idea of \"open questions.\" When the church confesses core teachings as one, there does not need to be agreement on all secondary matters in order to live together in church fellowship. This book explores Loehe's historical activity as a pastor, as a supporter of mission in North America, as an organizer (together with Friedrich Bauer) of theological education in North America, and as a founder of deaconess institutions in Neuendettelsau, Germany, that still exist today. The central themes represented by Loehe not only constitute a matrix that has significance for the church and its mission today but also constitute an agenda for the church of the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCraig L. Nessan is William D. Streng Professor for the Education and Renewal of the Church, Academic Dean, and Professor of Contextual Theology and Ethics at Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eShalom Church \u003c\/i\u003e(2010), \u003ci\u003eBeyond Maintenance to Mission \u003c\/i\u003e(2010), \u003ci\u003eThe Vitality of Liberation Theology \u003c\/i\u003e(2012), and \u003ci\u003eThe Integrity of the Body of Christ \u003c\/i\u003e(2016, with Arden Mahlberg).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 194\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.42 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 19, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42102568845447,"sku":"9781532686566","price":41.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/07f23bb8b9eddf9384ffa20a7a4e02de.webp?v=1732405018","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/wilhelm-loehe-and-north-america-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}