AMERICAN LUTHERANISM............................page Introduction....................................1-10 EARLY HISTORY OF AMERICAN LUTHERANISM.........11-147 Lutheran Swedes in Delaware....................11-16 Salzburg Lutherans in Georgia..................16-20 Lutherans in New York..........................20-24 Justus Falckner................................24-29 Joshua Kocherthal..............................29-32 William Christopher Berkenmeyer................32-35 Deterioration in New York......................35-39 New York Ministerium...........................39-42 John Christopher Hartwick......................42-46 Germantown, Pennsylvania.......................46-50 Slavery of Redemptioners.......................50-55 Lutherans in Pennsylvania......................55-59 Henry Melchior Muhlenberg......................59-64 Further Activity and Death of Muhlenberg.......64-70 Muhlenberg's Confessionalism...................70-73 Muhlenberg's Pietism...........................73-77 Muhlenberg's Hierarchical Tendencies...........77-83 Muhlenberg's Unionism..........................84-91 Training of Ministers and Teachers Neglected...91-99 Deterioration of Mother Synod.................99-103 Unionism in the Ascendency...................103-110 Typical Representatives of Synod.............110-113 Synod's Unlutheran Attitude Continued........113-116 Lutherans in South Carolina..................116-119 The North Carolina Synod.....................119-122 Critical Conventions.........................122-128 Gottlieb Shober..............................129-131 North Carolina Rupture.......................131-134 Lutherans in Virginia........................134-140 Special Conference in Virginia...............140-144 Synod of Maryland and Virginia...............144-147 TENNESSEE SYNOD..............................148-237 Organization.................................148-158 Objections to General Synod..................158-167 Attitude as to Church-fellowship.............167-173 Efforts at Unity and Peace...................174-184 Tennessee Justifying Her Procedure...........184-191 Doctrinal Basis..............................192-195 Confession Enforced..........................195-198 Anti-Romanistic Attitude.....................198-207 Anti-Methodistic Attitude....................207-213 Anti-Unionistic Attitude.....................213-217 Tennessee and Missouri.......................217-221 Peculiarities of Tennessee Synod.............221-232 The Henkels..................................232-237