Document Type
Pamphlet
Version
Publisher PDF: the final published version of the article, with professional formatting and typesetting
Publication Date
2016
Disciplines
Biblical Studies | Christian Denominations and Sects | History of Christianity | Religious Education | Scandinavian Studies
Description, Abstract, or Artist's Statement
This 12-page pamphlet was commissioned by the Evangelical Covenant Church as supplemental historical material to accompany a denomination-wide biblical literacy initiative called the "Community Bible Experience" in 2016. Four theologians and historians were asked to collaborated in writing; Michelle Clifton-Soderstrom (North Park Theological Seminary), Christopher Gehrz (Bethel University), Hauna Ondrey (North Park Theological Seminary), and Mark Safstrom (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign). The purpose was to invite Covenant Church members to engage with the biblical reading practices as demonstrated through vignettes in the history of the Evangelical Covenant Church (1885–present), as well as its roots within the Protestant Reformation and later movements of Pietism in Germany and Scandinavia.
Augustana Digital Commons Citation
Safstrom, Mark. "Covenanters Reading Scripture Through History" (2016). Scandinavian Studies: Faculty Scholarship & Creative Works.
https://digitalcommons.augustana.edu/scanfaculty/7
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