{"id":375,"date":"2014-07-23T13:38:25","date_gmt":"2014-07-23T18:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/?page_id=375"},"modified":"2019-07-01T13:05:30","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T18:05:30","slug":"american-religion-timeline","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/american-religion-timeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Lutheran Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.knightlab.com\/libs\/timeline\/latest\/embed\/index.html?source=0AkSOlL8fRDeNdFVDVjZETDRUT2ZWUHZPZHJJZWZPSUE&#038;font=Bevan-PotanoSans&#038;maptype=toner&#038;lang=en&#038;height=550\" width=\"100%\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2><span style=\"color: #993300\">When does American Lutheran history begin? What does it include?<\/span><\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_2  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/420\/2014\/07\/8255-e1406565162435.jpg\">\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1510\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/american-religion-timeline\/8255-e1406565162435-1\/\" 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data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/american-religion-timeline\/51zcg3ajxul-_sx258_bo1204203200_-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/420\/2014\/07\/51ZCG3AJxuL._SX258_BO1204203200_1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"136,187\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"51ZCG3AJxuL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/420\/2014\/07\/51ZCG3AJxuL._SX258_BO1204203200_1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1511\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/420\/2014\/07\/51ZCG3AJxuL._SX258_BO1204203200_1.jpg\" alt=\"51ZCG3AJxuL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_\" width=\"103\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/420\/2014\/07\/51ZCG3AJxuL._SX258_BO1204203200_1.jpg 136w, 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height=\"144\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"967\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/american-religion-timeline\/mlzrns90afkof2_q6wifb2a\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/420\/2014\/07\/mLzrnS90AfKof2_q6WiFB2A-e1406572088484.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"141,208\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"mLzrnS90AfKof2_q6WiFB2A\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/420\/2014\/07\/mLzrnS90AfKof2_q6WiFB2A-e1406572088484.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-967 \" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/420\/2014\/07\/mLzrnS90AfKof2_q6WiFB2A-e1406572088484.jpg\" alt=\"mLzrnS90AfKof2_q6WiFB2A\" width=\"103\" height=\"155\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"966\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/american-religion-timeline\/jlhc-cover\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/420\/2014\/07\/JLHC.cover_.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"97,144\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"JLHC.cover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/420\/2014\/07\/JLHC.cover_.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-966 \" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/420\/2014\/07\/JLHC.cover_.jpg\" alt=\"JLHC.cover\" width=\"104\" height=\"156\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_3  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>In 1890 Edmund J. Wolf began his account of American Lutheranism in <strong>the first century with the gospel narrative and the New Testament<\/strong>.\u00a0Certainly Lutherans' claim to be authentic Christians in St. Paul's linage supports such a starting point. \u00a0\u00a0The title of Wolf's book --\u00a0<em>The\u00a0Lutherans in America: A Story of Struggle, Progress, Influence, and Marvelous Growth\u00a0<\/em>-- foreshadowed his interpretation of American Lutheranism.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Martin Luther's posting of his <strong>Ninety-five theses in 1517 is widely recognized as the symbolic beginning<\/strong> of the Protestant Reformation and of the evangelical, Lutheran stream of Christianity. \u00a0Understanding Lutherans in the United States requires knowledge of their theological heritage and the tradition's European developments. Historian Mark Noll asserts that Lutherans' attentiveness to history distinguishes them from other Protestant groups in the United States. \u00a0In his\u00a0<em>A History of Lutheranism\u00a0<\/em>Eric W. Gritsch provides this long view.<\/p>\n<p class=\"title\" style=\"color: #000000\">One native American was present in the Emperor's entourage at the Diet of Augsburg (1530), but nearly a century passed before Lutherans appeared in the New World. \u00a0Perhaps American Lutheran history begins with the <strong>worship service conducted in 1619 by Pastor Rasmus Jensen<\/strong> aboard a Danish ship. \u00a0Continuing Lutheran presence commenced the following decade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"title\" style=\"color: #000000\">The history of American Lutherans in the years since involves the interplay of their Reformation heritage, their history prior to arrival in the United States, and the ever shifting American context. \u00a0<strong>The lens used by each interpreter focus the story in a particular way.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"title\" style=\"color: #000000\">Anticipating the nation's bicentennial, Sydney E. Ahlstrom's\u00a0<em>Religious History of the American People<\/em>\u00a0(1972) treated Lutherans as a \"Countervailing Tradition\" within the larger narrative. \u00a0In\u00a0<em>The\u00a0Lutherans in North America\u00a0<\/em>(1975)<em>\u00a0<\/em>E. Clifford Nelson and his collaborators traced movement from many church bodies toward institutional merger. \u00a0<em>From Our Mothers' Arms <\/em>(1987) by\u00a0L. DeAne Lagerquist puts women at the center<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"title\" style=\"color: #000000\">Of course, the Lutheran story is still unfolding in the shifting American landscape. \u00a0<strong>The interaction of heritage and context continues in local congregations and larger church bodies, with new members and innovative practices.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_divider et_pb_divider_0 et_pb_space\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":859,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-375","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P4QTkz-63","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/859"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2766,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/375\/revisions\/2766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}