Author: E. Clifford Nelson
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Lutheran Church Among Norwegian-Americans Vol 2
The Lutheran Church Among Norwegian-Americans
The Norwegian-American Lutheran Experience in 1950s Japan
Author: Kate Allen
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 1498524818
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 333
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Stepping Up to the Cold War Challenge: The Norwegian-American Lutheran Experience in 1950s Japan describes the events that led to the Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELC), an American Christian denomination, to respond to General MacArthur’s call for missionaries. This Church did not initially respond, but did so in 1949 only after their missionaries had been expelled from China due to the victory of communist forces on the mainland. Because they feared Japan would also succumb to communism in less than ten years, the missionaries evaded ecumenical cooperation and social welfare projects to focus on evangelism and establishing congregations. Many of the ELC missionaries were children and grandchildren of Norwegian immigrants who had settled as farmers on the North American Great Plains. Based on interview transcripts and other primary sources, this book intimately describes the personal struggles of individuals responding to the call to be a missionary, adjusting to life in Japan, learning Japanese, raising a family, and engaging in mission work. As the Cold War threat diminished and independence movements elsewhere were ending colonialism, missionaries were compelled to change methods and attitudes. The 1950s was a time when missionaries went out much in the same manner that they did in the nineteenth century. Through the voices of the missionaries and their Japanese coworkers, the book documents how many of the traditional missionary assumptions begin to be questioned.
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 1498524818
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
Stepping Up to the Cold War Challenge: The Norwegian-American Lutheran Experience in 1950s Japan describes the events that led to the Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELC), an American Christian denomination, to respond to General MacArthur’s call for missionaries. This Church did not initially respond, but did so in 1949 only after their missionaries had been expelled from China due to the victory of communist forces on the mainland. Because they feared Japan would also succumb to communism in less than ten years, the missionaries evaded ecumenical cooperation and social welfare projects to focus on evangelism and establishing congregations. Many of the ELC missionaries were children and grandchildren of Norwegian immigrants who had settled as farmers on the North American Great Plains. Based on interview transcripts and other primary sources, this book intimately describes the personal struggles of individuals responding to the call to be a missionary, adjusting to life in Japan, learning Japanese, raising a family, and engaging in mission work. As the Cold War threat diminished and independence movements elsewhere were ending colonialism, missionaries were compelled to change methods and attitudes. The 1950s was a time when missionaries went out much in the same manner that they did in the nineteenth century. Through the voices of the missionaries and their Japanese coworkers, the book documents how many of the traditional missionary assumptions begin to be questioned.
The Lutheran Church Among Norwegian-Americans
Author: E. Clifford Nelson
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Category : Lutherans
Languages : en
Pages : 410
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Category : Lutherans
Languages : en
Pages : 410
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The Lutheran Church Among Norwegian-Americans
The Lutheran Church Among Norwegian-Americans
Author: Eugene Clifford Nelson
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Category : Norwegian Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 357
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Category : Norwegian Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 357
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The Lutheran Church Among Norwegian-Americans
The Lutheran Church Among Norwegian-Americans. A History of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. [Second Printing.] [With Plates, Including Portraits.].
Author: Eugene Clifford NELSON (and FEVOLD (Eugene L.))
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Languages : en
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The Lutheran Church Among Norwegian-Americans: 1890-1959 ; v. 1. 1825-1890
Author: E. Clifford Nelson
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Category : Norwegians
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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Category : Norwegians
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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The Lutheran Church Among Norwegian-Americans
Author: Eugene Clifford Nelson
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Category : Norwegians
Languages : en
Pages : 379
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Category : Norwegians
Languages : en
Pages : 379
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