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The School For Graduate Studies, Carl S. Meyer
The School For Graduate Studies, Carl S. Meyer
Concordia Theological Monthly
The history and changing philosophies of what is now known as the School for Graduate Studies illustrates in capsule form the changes and struggles which the seminary itself has experienced during the past years.
The Process Of Americanization Excerpts From Moving Frontiers, Carl S. Meyer (Editor)
The Process Of Americanization Excerpts From Moving Frontiers, Carl S. Meyer (Editor)
Concordia Theological Monthly
In addition to a fervent zeal for home missions, the history of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, from the end of the Civil War to the end of World War I was marked by two dominant characteristics. The first was a vigorous theological conservatism which led it to resist any compromise in the historic Lutheran confessional position. The second. characteristic, shared with other ethnic groups, was a continued isolation, from American linguistic, economic, and. social pattens. These characteristics were intensified because the majority of the Synod's membership was rural. During the same period most of the other American churches were moving …