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100	1		_aStephan, Philip.
245	1	0	_aIn Pursuit of Religious Freedom _h[electronic resource] : _bBishop Martin Stephan's Journey.
260			_aLanham : _bLexington Books, _c2008.
300			_a1 online resource (353 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aTitle 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.
505	8		_a12 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.
505	8		_a28 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.
505	8		_aAppendix 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.
520			_aIn 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.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		4	_aLutheran Church _xMissouri Synod _xBishops _vBiography.
650		4	_aLutherans _zMissouri _xHistory _y19th century.
650		4	_aMissouri _xChurch history _y19th century.
650		4	_aSaxons _zMissouri _xHistory _y19th century.
650		4	_aStephan, Martin, 1777-1846.
600	1	0	_aStephan, Martin, _d1777-1846.
610	2	0	_aLutheran Church--Missouri Synod _xBishops _vBiography.
650		0	_aLutherans _zMissouri _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aSaxons _zMissouri _xHistory _y19th century.
651		0	_aMissouri _xChurch history _y19th century.
650		7	_aRELIGION / Christianity / Protestant _2bisacsh
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aStephan, Philip. _tIn Pursuit of Religious Freedom : Bishop Martin Stephan's Journey. _dLanham : Lexington Books, ©2008 _z9780739124420
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