In 1942 John W. Larson was a student at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, when he befriended a visiting lecturer from Germany, Prince Hubertus Lowenstein, a prominent scholar whose anti-Nazi views forced him into exile after Hitler came to power.
Larson and Lowenstein began a correspondence that lasted throughout World War II and into the postwar era. In his letters, Lowenstein shares his thoughts on Nazism, German democracy, the Weimar Republic, life in exile, and his impressions of major events during the war. In 1946 Lowenstein returned to Germany, and his letters to Larson...
In 1942 John W. Larson was a student at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, when he befriended a visiting lecturer from Germany, Prince Hube...
The Jesus Prayer: An Orthodox Tradition is a historical review of the prayer beginning with its origins in the 5th century up through modern times. Differing views of the prayer through history are explored (mind centered versus heart centered) as exposure spreads through Greece, Russia, and more recently the United States. An understanding of the prayer from an Eastern Orthodox perspective is contrasted with that of the West.
The Jesus Prayer: An Orthodox Tradition is a historical review of the prayer beginning with its origins in the 5th century up through modern times. Di...