04799cam a2200601Mi 4500 ocn858229931 OCoLC 20200709055946.0 m d cr |n| 130914s2008 xx o 000 0 eng d EBLCP eng pn EBLCP OCLCQ N$T 9781461633631 (electronic bk.) 146163363X (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)858229931 638766 (N$T) BX8080.S73725 S74 2008 REL 053000 bisacsh 284.1092 N$TA Stephan, Philip. In Pursuit of Religious Freedom [electronic resource] : Bishop Martin Stephan's Journey. Lanham : Lexington Books, 2008. 1 online resource (353 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword Arthur Preisinger; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Sunrise; 1 Landing in the New World; 2 Saxon Emigration Society Origins; 3 Ancestral Roots and the Reformation; 4 Stephans and the Underground Church; 5 The University Years; Part II: Sunshine and Growth; 6 Martin Stephan's Family and Early Ministry; 7 Martin Stephan as Preacher; 8 Martin Stephan as Pastoral Counselor; 9 Martin Stephan as Defender of the Faith; Part III: Noon Heat and Conflict; 10 Condition of the German Lutheran Church; 11 Disputes with the Saxon State Church. 12 Legal Charges Filed, 183713 More Legal Charges and House Arrest, 1838; Part IV: Exodus; 14 Final Preparations; 15 Farewell and Delay; 16 Journey at Sea; Part V: Arrival in America; 17 Establishing Governance; 18 Dissension Grows; 19 Settling In; 20 Establishing a New Home; 21 The Press Rears Its Head; Part VI: Deposing a Bishop; 22 Rogate Sunday Sermon and Its Aftermath; 23 Pastors Plan and Execute the Deposition; 24 The Deposition Process; 25 The Saxon Colony Struggles; 26 Emerging Leadership and C.F.W. Walther's Legacy; Part VII: Sunset; 27 The Bishop's Family in Germany. 28 Stephan in Exile29 Martin in His Own Words; 30 Justice Delayed; 31 Martin Stephan's Last Days; Part VIII: Afterglow; 32 View from the Twenty-first Century; 33 Bishop Martin Stephan's Legacy; Appendix A: Brief Outline of the Emigration Code; Appendix B: Code for the Credit Fund of the Lutheran ""Gesellschaft"" Emigrating with Herr Pastor Stephan to the United States of North America; Appendix C: Traveling Regulations for the Lutheran ""Gesellschaft"" Emigrating with Herr Pastor Stephan to the United States of North America. Appendix D: Regulations for Settlement of the Lutheran ""Gesellschaft"" Emigrating with Herr Pastor Stephan to the United States of North AmericaAppendix E: Martin Stephan's Investiture as Bishop on Board the GIbers, January 14, 1839; Appendix F: Excerpts of the ""Exultanten-Lieder auf dem Meere, "" Songs of Exiles on the Sea, by O.H. Walther; Bibliography; Index; About the Author. In Pursuit of Religious Freedom tells the story of Martin Stephan, a religious leaders whose leadership, vision, and courage stemmed from a fifteenth-century ancestry grounded in the reformations of John Huss and Martin Luther. Like previous Stephan generations, Martin fled religious intolerance for freedom of worship. As an adult, his deep-rooted faith and moral values were threatened when he was confronted with family, social, and spiritual crises. Description based on print version record. Lutheran Church Missouri Synod Bishops Biography. Lutherans Missouri History 19th century. Missouri Church history 19th century. Saxons Missouri History 19th century. Stephan, Martin, 1777-1846. Stephan, Martin, 1777-1846. Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Bishops Biography. Lutherans Missouri History 19th century. Saxons Missouri History 19th century. Missouri Church history 19th century. RELIGION / Christianity / Protestant bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Stephan, Philip. In Pursuit of Religious Freedom : Bishop Martin Stephan's Journey. Lanham : Lexington Books, ©2008 9780739124420 Ebook Library http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=1380485 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=638766 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL1380485 EBSCOhost EBSC 638766 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 53884 53884