The Ghost of Pietism

Authors

Th. Graebner, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

Publication Date

4-1-1932

Document Type

Article

Keywords

norwegian church, lutheran, hauge synod, lay preaching, doctrine, christion

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

It has been raised in the Norwegian Lutheran Church. An attempt is being fostered, with an energy and persistence worthy of a better cause to revive upon American soil the lay activities connected with the career of Hans Nielsen Hauge. When the Norwegian Lutheran Church was organized in 1917, the smallest of the bodies entering the union was the so-called Hauge Synod. Characteristic of this Norwegian body are revivalism and lay preaching. A minority was reluctant to enter the union because they feared a gradual submergence of their peculiar type if associated with the former Norwegian Synod and Norwegian United Church.

Disciplines

Practical Theology

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

Recommended Citation

Graebner, Th. (1932) "The Ghost of Pietism," Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 3, Article 32.
Available at: https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol3/iss1/32