Index by Subject
[Swedenborg's Life and Times]
[Swedenborg and Other Historical Figures]
[History of the New Church]
[History from a New Church Perspective]
Swedenborg's Life and Times [top]
Acton, Alfred W. "Swedenborg in the House of Nobles." The New Philosophy 45.1 (1942): 132–43.
The Academy Collection of Swedenborg Documents (Green Books) Available Online. [New Church History Fun Fact]
The Angel in the Mirror. [New Church History Fun Fact]
Baker, Gregory L. "Emanuel Swedenborg: An 18th Century Cosmologist." The Physics Teacher (October 1983): 441–446.
Gyllenhaal, Ed. "An 1896 Swedenborg Medal Commemorates the Moving of His 'Summerhouse'." Glencairn Museum News 24.2 (2002): 4–6. [Contains 7 Images]
In the Footsteps of Emanuel Swedenborg. [New Church History Fun Fact]
Lyman, Russel. "Swedenborg's Property." The New Philosophy 56.2 (1953): 43–49. [Contains 1 Image]
Nemitz, Kurt P. "The German Philosophers Leibniz and Wolff in Swedenborg's Philosophic Development." The New Philosophy 97.3 & 4 (1994): 411–25.
Odhner, Cyriel Ljungberg. "Swedenborg's Hobby." New Church Life 43.2 (February 1923): 65–72. [Contains 1 Image]
Ornaments in the Theological First Editions of Emanuel Swedenborg. [New Church History Fun Fact]
Otis Clapp, and Crosby, Nichols & Co. (1854). A Portrait of Emanuel Swedenborg: Accurate Views of His Residence and Summer House; a Fac Simile of His Hand-Writing; and Copies of the Gold Medal Presented by the Royal Academy. Boston: Otis Clapp, and Crosby, Nichols & Co., 1854. [Contains 4 Images]
Rose, Jonathan S. "The Ornaments in Swedenborg's Theological First Editions." Covenant 1.4 (1998): 293–362. [Contains 99 Images]
Roses in Bloom at Summerhouse of Emanuel Swedenborg. [New Church History Fun Fact]
Summerhouse of Emanuel Swedenborg. [New Church History Fun Fact]
Swedenborg as Gardener. [New Church History Fun Fact]
Swedenborg First Editions Owned by August Nordenskjold (1754–1792). [New Church History Fun Fact]
The Tomb of Jesper Swedberg at Varnhem Cloister (1736). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Williams-Hogan, Jane K. "Swedenborg: A Biography." Swedenborg and His Influence. Ed. Erland J. Brock. Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania: The Academy of the New Church, 1988. 3–27.
Swedenborg and Other Historical Figures [top]
Dibb, Andrew M. T. "Servetus, Swedenborg, and the Nature of Salvation." Paper presented at the International Servetus Congress, Barcelona, October 20–21, 2006 .
History of the New Church [top]
88th Anniversary of Dedication of Bryn Athyn Cathedral (October 5th, 1919). [New Church History Fun Fact]
200th Anniversary of the Birth of Emanuel Swedenborg (January 29, 1888). [New Church History Fun Fact]
319th Birthday of Emanuel Swedenborg. [New Church History Fun Fact]
347-Year-Old Tree Felled for Roof of Bryn Athyn Cathedral (1916). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Academy Faculty (1926). The Academy of the New Church 1876–1926: An Anniversary Record. Bryn Athyn, PA: Academy of the New Church, 1926. [Contains 42 Images]
Academy Girls School Graduation (1892). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Alnwick Grove Park. [New Church History Fun Fact]
Anatomy Room at Wallace Street School, Philadelphia (1891). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Apostolos-Cappadona, Diane. "From Instruction to the Education of Vision: Glencairn Museum." American Arts Quarterly (Fall 2004). [Contains 2 Images]
Bayley, Jonathan. New Church Worthies, or Early but Little-Known Disciples of the Lord in Diffusing the Truths of the New Church. London, England: James Speirs, 1884.
Bernice Stroh Sandstrom Nativity Set (c. 1937). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Bishop William F. Pendleton Medallion and Chain (1917). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Book of Revelation Windows in Glencairn, Bryn Athyn, PA. [New Church History Fun Fact]
A Bronze Bust of Emanuel Swedenborg by Adolf Jonsson in Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois. 2006.
Bronze Bust of Swedenborg Disappears from Lincoln Park, Chicago; Police Baffled (1976). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Bryn Athyn Cathedral Altar Copy of the Word. [New Church History Fun Fact]
The Bryn Athyn Glass Factory (1922-1942). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Cairnwood Featured in New Book about Carrere and Hastings, Architects. [New Church History Fun Fact]
Cathedral Woodworking Shed Fire (1916). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Christmas Lamp in Glencairn Chapel (1930s or 40s). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Cornerstone Laying Ceremony in Durban, South Africa (1923). [New Church History Fun Fact]
de Maine, Philip and Nan. "A Brief Informal History of the New Church in Middleport, Ohio." New Church Life 112.6 (June 1992): 259–63.
Dibb, Andrew M. T. "The New Church in Kenya." New Church Life 113.9 (September 1993): 409–12.
Do You Know the Academy Whistle?. [New Church History Fun Fact]
Early Academy Christmas and New Year Cards (1885-1892). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Early Childhood Memories in Bryn Athyn. [New Church History Fun Fact]
Easter Service in the Club House, April 15th, 1900. [New Church History Fun Fact]
Elphick, Derek P. "The New Church in South Florida: From Miami to Boynton Beach." New Church Life 117.7 (July 1997): 311–20.
Emanuel Swedenborg: Buddha of the North. [New Church History Fun Fact]
Farmers Sell Land to John Pitcairn for New Church Community and School (1891). [New Church History Fun Fact]
First Academy School Opening (1877). [New Church History Fun Fact]
The First Celebration of Charter Day (1917). [New Church History Fun Fact]
First New Church Place of Worship in the World (1791). [New Church History Fun Fact]
First New Jerusalem Temple in Philadelphia (1817). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Follow the Star: The Tradition of the Creche (Nativities Exhibit). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Founders Day (January 14, 1904). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Francis Bailey, Revolutionary War Printer (1744-1817). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Fun Facts Worth a Second Look. [New Church History Fun Fact]
Gladish, Robert W. "Tre Amici Artistici: E.B. Browning, Hiram Powers, and William Page in Florence and Rome." Covenant 1.4 (1998): 273–91.
Glencairn Cloister Features Twelve Capitals Carved with Symbolic Birds. [New Church History Fun Fact]
Glencairn DVD Released This Week. [New Church History Fun Fact]
Glenn, Diahnne Halterman. "Bryn Athyn: The Founding of a Religious Community in the Gilded Age." Senior Research Essay. Bryn Athyn College of the New Church, 1994.
Glenn, E. Bruce. Bryn Athyn Cathedral: The Building of a Church. Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania: The Bryn Athyn Church of the New Jerusalem, 1971. [Contains 67 Images]
The Great Santa Claus and Christmas Tree Debate (1888-1913). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Gyllenhaal, Ed. "Family Worship at Cairnwood and Glencairn." Glencairn Museum News 25.2 (2003): 1–3. [Contains 10 Images]
Gyllenhaal, Ed., and Kirsten H. Gyllenhaal "Early Maps of Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania, a New Church Community." 2005. [Contains 20 Images]
Gyllenhaal, Ed., and Brian D. Henderson "The Role of the Pitcairn Collections in the Decision to Build Glencairn." Glencairn Museum News 27.2 (2005): 1–3. [Contains 5 Images]
Gyllenhaal, Ed. "'Feasts of Charity' in the Early Academy." Glencairn Museum News 27.2 (2005): 4–5. [Contains 6 Images]
Gyllenhaal, Ed. "Glencairn Museum, Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania: History and Mission." Material Religion 2.1 (2006): 132–136. [Contains 5 Images]
Gyllenhaal, Ed. "A 'New' Old Portrait of Emanuel Swedenborg." Glencairn Museum News 28.1 (2006): 5–7. [Contains 5 Images]
Gyllenhaal, Kirsten H. "The Academy Seal: As Seen in Three Early Medallions in the Collection of Glencairn Museum." Glencairn Museum News 27.1 (2005): 1–3. [Contains 5 Images]
Halloween Celebrations in Early New Church Congregations (1898-1900, 1958). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Happy Founders Day (Two Days Late!). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Helen Keller Letter about Swedenborg (Oct. 10, 1926). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Herman Faber and the Academy Lion (1877). [New Church History Fun Fact]
The Hindi Swedenborg Society (India, 1914). [New Church History Fun Fact]
The Importance of Hebrew in the Early Academy and General Church. [New Church History Fun Fact]
International Swedenborg Congress, London, England (July 4–8, 1910. [New Church History Fun Fact]
King, Cairn. "Vaccination Abomination, or Vaccination Upholds the Nation? John Pitcairn and the Struggle Against Compulsory Vaccination." 2006. [Contains 3 Images]
Memorial Day at the Immanuel Church, Glenview, Illinois (1918). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!. [New Church History Fun Fact]
Meyers, Mary Ann. "Messengers of New Light: William Henry Benade and Lillian Grace Beekman." Presentation, Glencairn Museum, Bryn Athyn, PA, September 24, 2004. [Contains 3 Images]
Naming of Bryn Athyn (1899). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Nativity Scenes by Winfred S. Hyatt (1929). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Nemitz, Kurt P. "100 Years of the New Church in Germany." New Church Life 121.5 (May 2001): 204–07.
New Academy Boarding Student Arrives at 110 Friedlander Street, Philadelphia (1884). [New Church History Fun Fact]
New Academy School Buildings (1901-1911). [New Church History Fun Fact]
New Church Artist Jean-Jacques Gailliard (1890-1976). [New Church History Fun Fact]
New Church Bible and Book Car (1916). [New Church History Fun Fact]
New Church Day (June 19, 1770). [New Church History Fun Fact]
New Church History Image Project. A searchable database of photographs related to the history of the New Church. [New Church History Fun Fact]
New Church Sculptor John Flaxman: Deliver Us from Evil. [New Church History Fun Fact]
New Church Worthies. [New Church History Fun Fact]
A New Old Portrait of Emanuel Swedenborg (1817). [New Church History Fun Fact]
New School Building in London, England (1892). [New Church History Fun Fact]
New School House in Berlin (Kitchener), Ontario (1892). [New Church History Fun Fact]
A New Year for the New Church? Not so fast!. [New Church History Fun Fact]
Now Online! Bryn Athyn Cathedral: The Building of a Church. [New Church History Fun Fact]
Odhner, C. Th., and Evelyn Frankish Stroh. Bryn Athyn and the Academy of the New Church. Bryn Athyn, PA: Academy of the New Church, 1904. [Contains 32 Images]
Offertory Bowls for Bryn Athyn Cathedral by Thorsten Sigstedt (1945). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Pageant Depicting the Story of Joseph (1930). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Painting with Light: The Revival of Medieval Glassmaking in Bryn Athyn (2009). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Photo of Bishop William Henry Benade and John Pitcairn in Jerusalem (1878). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Pinnacle of Bryn Athyn Cathedral Demolished by Bolt of Lightning (1924). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Pitcairn, Raymond. "Christian Art and Architecture for the New Church." New Church Life 40.10 (October 1920): 611–24.
Placement of Cornerstone for New Church Temple Causes Rev. William H. Benade to Resign (1854). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Potts Swedenborg Concordance Completed after 27 Years (1900). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Reflections of Faith: Making Stained Glass Windows for Bryn Athyn Cathedral and Glencairn. [New Church History Fun Fact]
Replica of Swedenborg House at St. Louis World Fair (1904). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Repository for the Word and the Writings of Swedenborg Returns to Cairnwood Chapel. [New Church History Fun Fact]
Rev. John Hargrove Delivers New Church Sermon before Jefferson and Congress (1802). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Riotous Mob Attacks New Church Temple (1791). [New Church History Fun Fact]
The Rules of Life. [New Church History Fun Fact]
Saint, Lawrence. Making of the Glencairn Methuselah Window. A written record kept by Lawrence Saint in the 1920s during the making of the Methuselah window. Raymond and Mildred Pitcairn Archives. Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania. [Contains 87 Images]
Schreck, Eugene Joseph Emanuel. College Letters. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Academy of the New Church, 1886–95.
Schreck, Eugene Joseph Emanuel. Early History of the New Church in Birmingham—Including an Account of the First "New Jerusalem Temple" Erected in the World. London, England: New-Church Press Limited, 1916. [Contains 11 Images]
Seal of the General Church of the New Jerusalem. [New Church History Fun Fact]
Shall We Dance? Early Phi Alpha and Sigma Delta Pi Dances. [New Church History Fun Fact]
The Society for Faith and Charity (1796-1830). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Stained Glass Christmas Window by Lawrence Saint (1919). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Swedenborg Bust by Preston Powers (1879). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Swedenborg Medal Issued by the Swedish Academy (1858). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Swedenborgiana and Gifts from Heaven. [New Church History Fun Fact]
Tabernacle Model at Glencairn Museum (1921). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Tenth Anniversary Celebration of the Academy of the New Church at Seaside Resort (1886). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Thanksgiving Feast in Chicago (1883). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Theta Alpha Nativities. [New Church History Fun Fact]
Too Hot for Church This Summer? Attend Sunday Services out in the Country! (1891). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Glencairn Museum (January 16, 1982). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Up and Down the Nile: The Beginning of a New Church Museum (1878). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, Church and Cemetery. [New Church History Fun Fact]
Valentine Parties in New Church Congregations (1882-1945). [New Church History Fun Fact]
White, France Vinet. Early Childhood Memories in Bryn Athyn and Life on the Farm. Bryn Athyn: France Vinet White, 1987. [Contains 1 Image]
William Henry Benade as Moravian Teacher and Minister (1835-1844). [New Church History Fun Fact]
Williams-Hogan, Jane K. "Light and Dark in the Art of Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)." Conference Paper, University of Sydney, 2002.
Williams-Hogan, Jane K. "Swedenborg Studies 2002: "On the Shoulders of Giants"." The New Philosophy 105.1&2 (2002): 223–51.
Zuber, Devin. "The Sage and His Mystic: Ralph Waldo Emerson and Emanuel Swedenborg." 2005.
History from a New Church Perspective [top]
Closterman, Wendy. "Past and Present Methodologies of New Church History." 2006.
Dawson, Geoffrey P. "The Basis for a New Church View of History." The New Philosophy 75.2 (1972): 191–202.
Dibb, Andrew M. T. "Kenosis and Exinanition: A Study in Christology." 2005.
Glenn, Amos, and Ed Gyllenhaal. Ancient Churches Lexicon. Glencairn Museum. (Work in progress).
Henderson, Brian D. "From Antislavery Thought to Antislavery Action: The Impact of the Last Judgment and the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg on the Birth of the Antislavery Movement." Conference Paper, Bryn Athyn, PA, October 5, 2007.
Henderson, Brian D. "'A Necessary Spring of Popular Government': The Importance of Religion and Public Morality for the Early American Republic." Faith and Learning at Bryn Athyn College of the New Church. Ed. Dan A. Synnestvedt. Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania: The Academy of the New Church, 2004. 99–119. [Contains 1 Image]
Kintner, William R. "A New Church View of History." New Church Life 87.11 (November 1967): 493-505.
New Church Influences on the British Antislavery Movement. [New Church History Fun Fact]
Rogers, Prescott A. "A History of the Interpretation of the Bible and Swedenborg." Covenant 1.3 (1992): 201–67.
Roscoe, David J. "Causation of Historical Events." The New Philosophy 76.1 (1973): 327–347.
Williams-Hogan, Jane K. "History: Developing a New Church Perspective." Faith and Learning at Bryn Athyn College of the New Church. Ed. Dan A. Synnestvedt. Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania: The Academy of the New Church, 2004. 159–75.