The Essential Swedenborg: Basic Religious Teachings of Emanuel Swedenborg by Ema

The Essential Swedenborg by Emanuel Swedenborg, SIG SYNNESTVEDT

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Description The Essential Swedenborg serves as an introduction to the theology of Swedish scientist-turned-seer Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772). This edition provides new translations of selections from Swedenborg's works on some of his key theological topics, including use, charity, life after death, the destiny of humanity, and divine providence.

Publisher Description

The Essential Swedenborg summarizes in modern terms the basic features of the theology put forward by Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772), scientist, inventor, statesman, philosopher, and theologian.The startling concepts of the "Northern Plato" caused the orthodox clergy of the time to consider him a heretic. For more than two hundred years, however, Swedenborg has inspired many of the world's greatest intellects and contributors to modern culture—Balzac, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Blake, Emerson, Henry James, Sr., Czeslaw Milosz, and Yates among them—with a visionary belief system for all people, regardless of background, that emphasizes good works, personal responsibility, and one's inner connection to divine love.This edition provides new translations of selections from Swedenborg's works on some of his key theological topics, including use, charity, life after death, the destiny of humanity, and divine providence.

Author Biography

Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772) was a Swedish scientist, nobleman, and theologian who spent his life investigating the mysteries of the soul. Born in Stockholm to a staunchly Lutheran family, he graduated from the University of Uppsala and then traveled to England, Holland, France, and Germany to study with the leading scientists of the time. He gained favor with Sweden's King Charles XII, who gave him the position of overseer of the Swedish mining industry. Later, he was given a seat on the Swedish House of Nobles by Charles XII's successor, Queen Ulrika Eleonora. Between 1743 and 1745, he began to have visions of heaven, hell, and Jesus Christ, which resulted in a stream of books about the nature of God, the afterlife, and the inner meaning of the Bible. He devoted the last decades of his life to studying Scripture and presenting his own unique theology to the world.Sig Synnestvedt (1924–1977) taught American history, current events, public speaking, and literature at the Academy of the New Church in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania. In 1968, he took a position at the State University of New York in Brockport; the following year, he became chair of its history department. Synnestvedt is the author of The White Response to Black Emancipation (1972).

Details ISBN 0877854335 ISBN-13 9780877854333 Title The Essential Swedenborg Author Emanuel Swedenborg, SIG SYNNESTVEDT Format Paperback Year 2023 Pages 230 Edition 3rd Publisher Swedenborg Foundation GE_Item_ID:142194790; About Us

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