Description

Compares histories of two similar but distinct versions of the same religious tradition, Norwegian Lutheranism and Norwegian- American Lutheranism. Explores the exchange of influences between the Church of Norway and the Norwegian-American Lutheran churches in the United States. Chapters include “The Perils of ‘Freedom’ in the American Immigrant Church,” “Religion and Church in Early Immigrant Letters,” and “‘Suffered under Pontius Pontoppidan’ or ‘Good, Old Pontoppidan’?”