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The Nineteenth-Century Context Of The Seventh-Day Adventist Health Message, Wendy Jackson
The Nineteenth-Century Context Of The Seventh-Day Adventist Health Message, Wendy Jackson
Wendy Jackson
The health message of the Seventh-day Adventist Church is often considered in isolation from the nineteenth century trends and events in which it arose. However, an understanding of this context is vital to any discussion of the relationship between Seventh-day Adventists health practices and science. This paper thus examines the social, political, religious and medical milieu of that time. It focuses particularly on the considerable overlap between religion and health which increased the receptivity of the individuals to the articulation of health principles by a religious organization.
Witness Of God's Love, Denis Kaiser
The Word, The Spirit Of Prophecy, And Mutual Love: Lessons From The 'Daily' Controversy For Conflict Resolution, Denis Kaiser
The Word, The Spirit Of Prophecy, And Mutual Love: Lessons From The 'Daily' Controversy For Conflict Resolution, Denis Kaiser
Denis Kaiser
No abstract provided.
[Book Review Of] Adventism And Ellen White: A Phenomenon Of Religious Materialism, By Thomas Mcelwain, Denis Kaiser
[Book Review Of] Adventism And Ellen White: A Phenomenon Of Religious Materialism, By Thomas Mcelwain, Denis Kaiser
Denis Kaiser
No abstract provided.
Ellen White And The ‘Daily’ Conflict, Denis Kaiser
Oakland: The First Norwegian-American Seventh-Day Adventist Church In America, Lawrence W. Onsager
Oakland: The First Norwegian-American Seventh-Day Adventist Church In America, Lawrence W. Onsager
Lawrence W. Onsager
In December 1861, several Norwegian families, led by Andrew Olsen and Tarel Johnson, organized the first Norwegian-American Adventist church in Oakland Township, Jefferson County, Wisconsin. Oakland Township is part of the Koshkonong Norwegian-American Settlement, which includes southeastern Dane County, southwestern Jefferson County, and northern Rock County, Wisconsin.
The Olsen, Johnson, Loe, and Serns families were from a rural district in Vest-Agder County, Norway. On March 20, 1850, Andrew Olsen, his half-brother, Halvor Olsen, Ole Hegland Serns, and their families left for the U. S. from Kristiansand, Norway.
In 1854, Soren Loe and Tarel Johnson moved to Oakland to be near …