Preaching from Home

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.

About the author

Gracia Grindal is an Augsburg College graduate, daughter of a Lutheran Free Church pastor, and professor emeritus of rhetoric at Luther Seminary in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Prior to joining the seminary faculty, she was a longtime professor of English at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. Grindal has published over twenty books of poetry, many hymns, and histories of hymnody and Norwegian American women.

Summary

Introduces readers to several significant Lutheran women hymn writers from the sixteenth century to the present. Grindal provides fascinating profiles of these Scandinavian women who "preached from home": Dorothe Engelbretsdatter, Birgitte Hertz Boye, Berthe Canutte Aarflot, Lina Sandell, Britt G. Hallqvist, and Lisbeth Smedegaard Andersen.

Product details

• Authors: Gracia Grindal, Gracia M. Grindal
• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781506427171
• ISBN: 978-1-5064-2717-1
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 503 g
• Series: Lutheran Quarterly Books; Lutheran Quarterly Books
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Christentum, Nordeuropa, Skandinavien, Biografien: Religion und Spirituelles, Geistliche, religiöse Musik