SWEDENBORG AND HIS INFLUENCE

This book contains the papers presented at the international symposium staged by the Academy of the New Church in February 1988 on Swedenborg’s wide ranging influence on and contributions to culture. The 28 essays are arranged in eight parts: Swedenborg the Man; Swedenborg and European Literature; Philosophy and Social Science; Swedenborg and Science; Swedenborg and the American Enlightenment; Religion: History; and Swedenborg and the Arts.

Contributors

Jane K Williams-Hogan; Inge Jonsson; Göran Stockenström; Olle Hjern; John J Cerullo; Robert H Kirven; Thomas Keiser; Daniel W Goodenough; Eugene Taylor; Gustaf Arrhenius; Gregory L Baker; Linda S Odhner; Anders Hallengren; Paul J Croce; Dwight W Hoover; Michael W Stanley; Samuel J Rogal; Bernhard Lang; George F Dole; Marsha Keith Schuchard; Al Gabay; Eberhard Zwink; Mary E Philips; Mary F Holahan; Irving D Fisher; Lars Bergquist.