1st Edition
Global Lutheranism in the Contemporary World Luther’s Realm
Contributors
Introduction by Richard Cimino
Europe
1: Lutheranism in Germany: International Influence and National Indifference
Hans Schulz
2: History, Perseverance, and Identity: Lutheranism in Slovakia
Michal Valco and Katrina Valcova
3: Lutheranism Taking Root on Russian Soil
Sergei Filatov
4: Lutheranism in Estonia: Lessons in Survival
Priit Rohtmets
Scandinavia
5: Lutheranism in Finnish Society - From State Church to Social Resource
Sini Mikkola and Ilkka Huhta
6: Lutheranism in Sweden: A National Church in a Secular Nation
Kjell O. Lejon
7: Lutheranism in Denmark: Between the Middle Ages and Modernity
Peter Lodberg
8: Lutheranism as a Civil Religion in Norway
Hallgeir Elstad
9: An Experiment at the Edge of the Lutheran Community: Lutheranism in Iceland
Skuli Sigurour Olafsson and Steinunn A. Bjornsdottir
Africa
10: Lutheranism in Ethiopia: Theology and Mission in the World’s Largest Lutheran Church
Samuel Deressa
11: The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania: A Muzzled Giant?
Nahema Moshi
12: Organized Revival: Lutheranism in Madagascar
James B. Vigen
Asia and Australia
13: The Struggle for Lutheran Unity in Australia and New Zealand
Dean Zweck
14: The Diaconal Identity of Indonesian Lutheranism
Ricky Pramono Hasibuan and Mikael Harianja
15: Lutheranism a Dynamic Diaspora in Chinese Societies
Yuan-wei Liao
16: Lutheranism and the Rehabilitation of Religion in Japan
Toshihiro Takamura
17: It All Began at Tranquebar: Lutheranism in India
J. Paul Rajashekar
The Americas
18: Spanish-Speaking South America: Lutheranism in a Catholic Culture
William Mauricio Beltran and Julian Ernesto Cely
19: Lutheranism in Brazil: From Ethnic Enclave to Protestantism with a Difference
Ricardo Willy Reith
20: Lutheranism in the United States: Entrepreneurial and Adaptive
Mark Granquist
21: Lutheranism in Canada: An Immigrant Church in a Secular Mission Field
Richard Paul Hordern
Biography
Richard Cimino is a lecturer in sociology and criminology at the State University of New York at Old Westbury, USA. He is the founding editor of Religion Watch, a monthly publication of the Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor University. Among his books is Lutherans Today: American Lutheran Identity in the 21st Century (2003).
