HSTY 7300: History and Theology of the Covenant Church
History
Lutheran Pietism
The Swedish Mission Friends and Mission Covenant were both part of Lutheran Pietism, so understanding the North Park and the ECC requires an understanding of that wing of the Pietist movement.
Understanding Pietism, rev. ed. by Call Number: BR1650.2 .B76 1996Brief introduction to the history and character of Pietism.
The Pietist Theologians by Call Number: Ref BR1650.3 .P54 2005Introductory essays on the lives and work of leading Pietist theologians.
The Pietists: Selected Writings by Anthology of early writings.
The Rise of Evangelical Pietism by Call Number: BR1650.2 .S7Standard scholarly history of the origin and development of Pietism.
The Variety of American Evangelicalism by Call Number: BR1642.U5 V38 1991See "Pietism: Theology in Service of Living toward God" by C. John Weborg.
Protestant Spiritual Traditions by Call Number: BV4501.2 .P76See "Pietism: The Fire of God which Flames in the Heart of Germany" by C. John Weborg
Covenant Year Books
- Yearbooks have appeared throughout the history of the Covenant in America, first in Swedish and after 1932 in English.
- The names of the yearbooks have varied rather widely and, in the early years, inconsistently.
- Searching under “Covenant Yearbook” in the catalog will retrieve the several English versions.
- Searching Årsberättelse (annual report) will retrieve the earlier Swedish versions.
- The Yearbooks contain a variety of content, including reports from local congregations, mission fields, schools, and benevolent institutions.
- They also include reports on membership, finances, and ordinations.
Histories of the Covenant
- Covenant Roots: Sources and Affirmations byCall Number: BX7547.A4 C68 1999
- A Precious Heritage: A Century of Mission in the Northwest, 1884-1984 byCall Number: BX7547.A43 N56 1984
- One Body, Many Members byCall Number: BX7547.A4 A53 1983
- Missionsvännerna i Amerika byCall Number: BV2766.L8 B6 1908x
- Covenant memories : golden jubilee, Swedish Evangelical Mission Covenant, 1885-1935Call Number: BX9797.5.S97 C68Publication Date: 1935
- The Evangelical Covenant Church byCall Number: BX7549.A4 O4Publication Date: 1954Includes a republication of Nyvall’s The Swedish Covenanters (with “some clarifying notes” by Olsson) and Olsson’s The Covenant Comes of Age, on the developments since Nyvall’s history.
- My Father's Testament: A Biography of the Preacher and Free Church Man Karl Johan Nyvall. byCall Number: BV2380.N9 N99Perhaps the most important document for the roots and the distinctive character of the Swedish movement and its early American developments.
- In One Body … By the Cross byCall Number: BX7547.A4 O47 19862 vols; updated, extended, and enlarged centennial history.
