Pietism and the Russian Germans in the United States 1948 George J. Eisenach ~ History of Volga Germans ~ Brotherhood movement

Title: Pietism and the Russian Germans in the United States

Author: George J. Eisenach

Description: Boards in blue cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Minor spot of soiling on one page, else interior is clean and unmarked. Index. Dust jacket is chipped at spine ends and corners; shows a bit of general edge wear; in an archival mylar sleeve. 218 pages.

A study of the origin and development of the Brotherhood movement among the 300,000 Russian Germans in the United States. The movement had its birth in Russia among the German colonists along the Volga in the middle of the eighteenth century and was transplanted to America in the later decades of the nineteenth century.

George J. Eisenach (1900-1969) was professor of Church History at the Yankton College School of Theology from 1939 to 1963. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, held a fellowship to study at the University of Marburg, Germany in 1929-30. In the spring of 1939, he was serving as the pastor of Christ (German) Congregational Church in Racine, Wisconsin, whose members were largely drawn from Russian German immigrants.

Contents:
[Part I: Pietistic Background in Russia]
I. German Settlements in Russia.
II. A Fertile Field for Pietism.
III. Pietistic Sources.
IV. Organization and Expansion of Brotherhood.
[Part II: Pietism Transplanted to America]
V. Settlement of Converts in the United States.
VI. Transplanting the Brotherhood.
VII. Fundamentals of Faith.
VIII. Finding a Church Home.
[Part III: Religious Practices of Brotherhood]
IX. The Prayer Meetings.
X. Evangelism and Revivals.
XI. Means of Religious Growth.
XII. The New Life in Action.
[Conclusion]
XIII. Struggle to Perpetuate the Brotherhood.
[Appendices, Bibliography, Index].

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good

Publisher: The Berne Publishers
Place: Berne, Indiana
Year: 1948

Keywords: Volga Germans, Russian Germans, Pietists, Wilhelm Staerkel, history, religion, Christianity, Volga, Russia, Brotherhood movement, Brethren movement,