U.V. Koren's Works, Volume 2 Addresses

by U.V. Koren, Mark DeGarmeaux (Editor)

U. V. Koren (1826-1910) was a beloved pastor and church leader for the Norwegian Synod, the first Norwegian pastor to live west of the Mississippi. He guided the Synod through difficult controversies, and helped establish relationships with the Wisconsin Synod and Missouri Synod, as well as helping to found colleges and academies throughout the Midwest.
Volume 2 includes Koren’s addresses or speeches at Synod conventions, school dedications, and other events.

448 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2014

Reviews

[Joel · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good look at how Norwegian Lutheran immigrants thought about the church and the society they had moved into. Mark DeGarmeaux has performed a valuable bit of scholarship in making these volumes available for English-speakers.
The Norwegian Synod had a lot of parallels with Puritan settlers from long before they arrived, and yet they are largely unknown to the public consciousness of the United States. Part of the reason for this is because they spoke and wrote in a foreign tongue and then were totally absorbed into an English-speaking culture in the early 20th century. Vast amounts of written material are waiting to be unlocked, and Koren's Works in four volumes are a good down payment on that material.