Emanuel Swedenborg: Visionary Savant in the Age of Reason (Swedenborg Studies) - Hardcover

Ernst Benz

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0877851956 ISBN 13: 9780877851950

Publisher: Swedenborg Foundation, 2002

Synopsis

The distinguished German theologian Ernst Benz documents the rich and fascinating life of Emanuel Swedenborg, who claims an exceptional place in history as both a scientist and a visionary. Also an active statesman, Swedenborg accomplished major engineering feats, contributed numerous groundbreaking studies in a variety of scientific fields, and played a prominent role in Swedish public institutions. This is one of the most comprehensive biographies of Swedenborg available in print.

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About the Author:

Ernst Benz (1907--1978) was a professor of Church History at the University of Marburg. Benz's bibliography embraces hundreds of learned articles and some fifty books, ranging from studies of Eastern Orthodox churches and Asian religions to mystical sources of German Romanticism and the interaction of theology and science in such movements as Mesmerism and electrotheology.

 Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke is the author of Paracelsus and The Occult Roots of Nazism.  Dr. Goodrick-Clarke also translated Swedenborg and New Paradigm Science by Ursula Groll for the Swedenborg Foundation.

Synopsis:

Here is documented the rich and fascinating life of Emanuel Swedenborg by a distinguished German theologian. He claims that Swedenborg thoroughly deserves his place in history as both a scientist and an exceptional visionary.

About this edition

• Publisher: Swedenborg Foundation
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0877851956
• ISBN 13: 9780877851950
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 536