Johann Christoph Blumhardt, Life and Work

Johann Christoph Blumhardt (1805-1880) was a pastoral counselor and theologian of hope. His theology and pastoral approach, shaped as they were by the awakening in his congregation and numerous incidents of faith healing, provoked earnest and lively debate, and the controversy continues today. Ising''s work mines the original sources, the product of an interaction with Blumhardt''s life and work t...