Preaching from Home: The Stories of Seven Lutheran Women Hymn Writers

Preaching from Home: The Stories of Seven Lutheran Women Hymn Writers
ISBN-10
1506427189
ISBN-13
9781506427188
Category
Music
Pages
375
Language
English
Published
2017-01-01
Publisher
Fortress Press
Author
Gracia M. Grindal

Description

This volume by Gracia Grindal introduces English-speaking readers to several significant yet unsung Lutheran women hymn writers from the sixteenth century to the present. After a brief introductory discussion of Elisabeth Cruciger, the first woman hymn writer of the Reformation, Grindal provides fascinating profiles of these talented Scandinavian women who "preached from home": Dorothe Engelbretsdatter, Birgitte Hertz Boye, Berthe Canutte Aarflot, Lina Sandell, Britt G. Hallqvist, and Lisbeth Smedegaard Andersen. Grindal not only gives a biographical account of each woman ― her life, her piety, her times ― but also offers sparkling new English translations of each writer’s key hymns. In the last chapter Grindal recounts her own inspiring journey as a Lutheran woman hymn writer. Her Preaching from Home will open the door to a world previously unknown to most North Americans.

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