Swedenborg Explorer's Guidebook: A Research Manual

by WILLIAM ROSS WOOFENDEN, Jonathan S. Rose (Contribution by)

Overview

For more than 250 years, followers of scientist and visionary Emanuel Swedenborg have been translating and commenting on his writings, and for those unfamiliar with Swedenborg's works, it can be a difficult field to navigate. This revised and expanded edition of the Swedenborg Explorer's Guidebook offers:

* An annotated bibliography of all primary works by Emanuel Swedenborg — including scientific, literary, and theological writings as well as personal letters and journals — containing the latest information on holdings, publication dates, and available translations.

* An extensive annotated bibliography of secondary literature, including major biographies, bibliographies, analyses of Swedenborg's works, dissertations and theses, historical writings about the New Church, and works on and by prominent figures in the Swedenborgian community.

* Easy-to-use listings of Swedenborg's works by date, by subject, and by title, with cross-references to each title's bibliographic information.

* A glossary of special terms used in Swedenborg's writings.

* A listing of major documentary collections in the United States and Europe.

* A chronology of Swedenborg's life and works

* An expanded index

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780877853275
Publisher:	Swedenborg Foundation Publishers
Publication date:	02/21/2008
Series:	Swedenborg Studies Series
Edition description:	Updated
Pages:	544
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.70(d)

About the Author

William Ross Woofenden is a leading Swedenborgian scholar. He holds an M.A. (Research) and a Ph.D. from St. Louis University and is a retired professor from the Swedenborg School of Religion, formerly in Newton, Massachusetts, where he taught philosophy and theology for twenty years. As founder and editor of the journal Studia Swedenborgiana and series editor of the Redesigned Standard Edition of the Works of Emanuel Swedenborg, he has made significant contributions to Swedenborgian studies for forty years.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition, Revised     xi
Acknowledgments     xiii
Introduction     xv
Abbreviated Titles Used in This Edition     xix
Swedenborg's Writings     1
Chronological Listing of Published Works (Category P) and Unpublished Documents (Category U)     6
Alphabetical Listing of Swedenborg's Writings     18
Classification by Subject of Swedenborg's Writings     33
Annotated Bibliography of Swedenborg's Writings by Year     42
Published and Unpublished Writings     44
Works of Uncertain Authorship and Projected Works That Were Never Written     208
Lost Works     213
Selected Collateral Literature     215
Concordances and Compendiums     218
Indexes     222
Dictionaries     225
Documentary Collections     227
Bibliographies     233
Doctrinal Summaries     236
Basic Reference     236
General     242
The Lord     244
The Word     246
Humankind     249
Love, Faith, Use     250
Creation, Providence, Freedom     251
Sex and Marriage     252
Regeneration     253
Life after Death, the Spiritual World     256
Exegetical Works     258
Old Testament     258
New Testament     266
Studies in Correspondences, Parables, etc.     270
Major Biographies of Swedenborg     275
Historical Studies     280
Church History     280
Church Polity     284
Autobiographies and Biographies of Prominent Swedenborgians     288
Metaphysics     293
Critical Studies     295
Published Works     295
Theses and Dissertations     300
Periodicals     318
Current Periodicals     319
Former Periodicals     322
Indexes to Periodicals     326
Digests, Outlines, and Synopses     328
Studies in Science and Religion     332
Religious Education Materials     334
Prayer and Other Devotional Materials     337
Literature for Children     338
Miscellaneous     339
Glossary of Technical or Special Terms Found in English Versions of Swedenborg's Theological Works     343
Selected List of Key Swedenborgian Concepts      365
Pre-theological Concepts Relevant to the History of Science and Philosophy     368
Concepts Bridging the Pre-theological and Theological     374
Theological Concepts     376
Revelations about Humankind and Our Intended Destiny     384
Major Documentary Collections and Booksellers     389
Great Britain     392
United States of America     409
Australia     416
Sweden     416
Switzerland     416
Booksellers     417
A Chronology of the Life of Emanuel Swedenborg     419
Index     437