N.F.S. Grundtvig: An Introduction to his Life and Work

From: Anglican Theological Review | Date: January 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

N. F S. Grundtvig: An Introduction to his Life and Work. By A. M. Allchin. London: Aarhus University Press/Darton, Longman & Todd, 1997. 338 pp. $39.95 (cloth).

The writings of Hans Christian Andersen and Soren Kierkegaard are familiar to English-speaking readers. But the work of their contemporary Nicolai F. S. Grundtvig is little known outside of Denmark. Yet as a travel brochure quoted by Allchin claims, "Grundtvig, the clergyman and poet, has meant more to Danish trade than has Rockefeller to the United States." To correct this situation The Rev'd Canon A. M. Allchin has written an ...

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