This, the third and last volume of the Song for Else carries the story through the aging of Luther's reform into middle age, its institutionalization, and its contention with the newer and more radical revolutions that are its spawn.
Author(s): Christopher J Zehnder
560 Pages
Religion, Christianity
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Book Synopsis
This, the third and last volume of the Song for Else carries the story through the aging of Luther's reform into middle age, its institutionalization, and its contention with the newer and more radical revolutions that are its spawn. The heroism that marked the Reformation's earlier period has been gentled. Luther's once radical doctrine has been subordinated to the politics and passions of princes. Its old fervor, taken up by the new sects, is easily agitated into fanaticism. Through this world Lorenz and his Else move in their own private quest for a joy that is almost in their grasp but ever elusive.
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A Song for Else is a splendid love story, a coming-of-age novel, and an intimate account of the Protestant Reformation in Germany from the inside. Zehnder deftly juxtaposes historical fact and fictional characters in the opening volume of his trilogy. - Mark Adderley, author of the McCracken Adventure Books and the Matter of Britain series As Sigrid Undset's historical novels transport the reader to medieval Norway, Zehnder's A Song for Else plants one in a Germany on the cusp of reformation. This is historical fiction of the best sort: the kind that not only brings you into the past but allows you to experience the past as the characters would have. The past is not a desiccated stage for action, but a living environment, one we are drawn into through the hopes, fears, and challenges of the characters themselves. - Fr. Raymund Snyder, O.P. Like The Betrothed, A Song for Else is intimately personal and yet an epic of Christendom. Zehnder's powerful style and vivid imagination bring the reader to root for the nobility and weep over the baseness of an earnest young man's passions, while discovering through youthful eyes the spiritual core and memorable characters that made medieval Germany center stage for one the greatest revolutions in history. - Andrew T. Seeley, Ph.D, Tutor, Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, California
Dimensions (Overall): 8.5 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x 1.39 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.27 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 560
Genre: Religion
Sub-Genre: Christianity
Publisher: Arouca Press
Theme: Catholic, General
Format: Paperback
Author: Christopher J Zehnder
Language: English
Street Date: June 12, 2023
TCIN: 1012552845
UPC: 9781990685514
Item Number (DPCI): 247-55-4248
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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