A unique situation exists in the Nordic countries where there is a Lutheran majority living in ecumenical cooperation with other churches and ecclesiastical communities. This book attempts to shed light on what the churches have discovered they hold in common and on areas where they recognise that there are divergencies between them, both in relation to ordination and ministry, and in particular to the theology and terminology of ordination. The book brings together the research and insights of 23 researchers from all the Nordic countries studying more than 200 different kinds of 'ordination'...

Denmark's Catalyst: The Life and Letters of N.F.S. Grundtvig is the last book in the 6-volume series 'N.F.S. Grundtvig. Works in English.' Translator Edward Broadbridge joins forces with Grundtvig scholar Hans Raun Iversen in this new biography of the most influential Dane in modern Denmark. Grundtvig (1783-1872) was a pastor, pedagogue, poet, politician, and philosopher all rolled into one. Best known internationally for his concepts of a people's (folk) high school, of 'learning for life' and of 'lifelong learning', in Denmark he is equally famous as the nation-builder and champion of 'the...