Ecumenism, Memory, and German Nationalism, 1817-1917

Acknowledgments

ix Acknowledgments i owe enormous debts of gratitude to Susan A. Crane, Susan Karant-Nunn, Peter W. Foley, Fabio Lanza, Suzanne L. Marchand, George S. Williamson, and Anthony J. Steinhoff. They have all read early, piecemeal, and final drafts of this manuscript and offered innumerable comments, criticisms, and insights. Nietzsche quipped that a student repays a teacher poorly if one always remains a student. My own evolution from student to scholar at the University of Arizona is a testament to Susan A. Crane’s excellence as an advisor. In our many conversations, Susan Karant-Nunn made the sixteenth century present, while Peter W. Foley kept me firmly grounded in nineteenthcentury German religion and theology. Fabio Lanza has been a careful reader of this manuscript, but more importantly, a good friend. And Sue Marchand, George Williamson, and Tony Steinhoff have all been extraordinarily generous with their time. Their wise counsel has improved this manuscript immeasurably. I must also thank Manfred P. Fleischer for his advice in researching the histories of German ecumenism and for generously sharing his notes with me at the beginning of this process. In addition, I owe thanks to Thomas A. Brady for his suggestions in conceptualizing this project in its early stages. Attendees of meetings of the American Society of Church History, the German Studies Association, the Sixteenth -Century Conference, and an informal works in progress seminar at the University of Arizona also offered invaluable comments on my research. Indeed, a single perceptive question from Jesse A. Spohnholz at the Sixteenth-Century Conference in Montreal in 2010 helped me to structure the narrative of this manuscript. Finally, the x Acknowledgments editors and anonymous readers of Syracuse University Press offered thoughtful and detailed suggestions for revising the manuscript that made it much stronger overall. Ecumenism, Memory, and German Nationalism, 1817–1917, would not have been possible without the input and insights of the aforementioned. Any imperfections that remain in the manuscript are a result of my own oversight. I should also thank the library staffs at the University of Arizona and the University of Arizona Special Collections, the Pitts Theology Library at Emory University, the Eberhard-Karls University of Tübingen , the Bavarian State Library, and archivists and librarians at the German Evangelical Church (EKD) archives in Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, and Karlsruhe for their tireless help. Research was made possible by the generous financial support of a University of Arizona Barbara Payne Robinson Fellowship; a University of Arizona Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Institute dissertation research grant; and most of all, a German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) dissertation research grant. An abridged version of chapter 4 appeared in the journal Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture 80, no. 2 (June 2011). In addition to the anonymous reviewers of the article, I must thank the editors of Church History and Cambridge University Journals for permission to reproduce here material from my writings. I will always remember Anke, Leo, and Veit for their wonderful hospitality in Tübingen and for lessons in preparing Swabian food. Their warmth and companionship made it much more bearable to be away from family, friends, and home for so long. Finally, I must thank my wife Jennifer and my family and friends for their extraordinary patience with me on those many days in which I would work from the time I awoke until it was time for bed. Their encouragement and support made this manuscript possible. It is dedicated to them. ...