Johann Christoph Blumhardt, Life and Work: A New BiographyJohann Christoph Blumhardt (1805-1880) was a pastoral counselor and theologian of hope. His theology and pastoral approach, shaped as they were by the awakening in his congregation and numerous incidents of faith healing, provoked earnest and lively debate, and the controversy continues today. Ising's work mines the original sources, the product of an interaction with Blumhardt's life and work that goes back many years. He has drawn a portrait that explores the shadows as well as its bright side. Readers are invited to enter fully into the nineteenth century, Blumhardt's century, yet are constantly reminded that the problems of that day have lost none of their currency within the altered mental horizons of today. |
Contents
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Dürrmenz 18291830 | 59 |
Basle 18301837 | 71 |
Iptingen 18371838 | 116 |
Spiritual Counselor 119 The Iptingen Separatists 124 | 124 |
Möttlingen 18381852 | 140 |
Bad Boll 18521880 | 290 |
the Resort 310 Spiritual New Beginning 322 Healings | 326 |
Summary and Prospects | 399 |
Johann Christoph Blumhardt Curriculum Vitae | 427 |
Sources and Literature | 433 |
Index of Names | 455 |
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