Preaching from Home: The Stories of Seven Lutheran Women by Gracia Grindal

By Gracia Grindal

This quantity through Gracia Grindal introduces English-speaking readers to numerous major but unsung Lutheran ladies hymn writers from the 16th century to the current. After a quick introductory dialogue of Elisabeth Cruciger, the 1st lady hymn author of the Reformation, Grindal offers attention-grabbing profiles of those gifted Scandinavian ladies who "preached from home": Dorothe Engelbretsdatter, Birgitte Hertz Boye, Berthe Canutte Aarflot, Lina Sandell, Britt G. Hallqvist, and Lisbeth Smedegaard Andersen.

Grindal not just offers a biographical account of every lady ― her existence, her piety, her occasions ― but additionally bargains glowing new English translations of every writer’s key hymns. within the final bankruptcy Grindal recounts her personal inspiring trip as a Lutheran lady hymn author. Her Preaching from domestic will open the door to an international formerly unknown to such a lot North Americans.

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