Bøger af Edward Broadbridge

N.F.S. Grundtvig (1783-1872) var et usædvanligt vidtfavnende menneske, der opnåede en enestående position inden for en mangfoldighed af felter såsom pædagogik, politik, foreningsliv, litteratur, livsfilosofi, kirkeliv og folke- og salmesang. Hans alsidige begavelse og kolossale energi gjorde ham til en katalysator for udviklingen i både samfundet og kirken i et omfang som næppe nogen anden enkeltperson i noget andet land før ham. Afgørende for Grundtvigs liv og indflydelse var tillige den tumultariske tid, han levede i. Danmark mistede hovedparten af sit landområde og gennemgik radikale forandringer: fra enevælde til demokrati, fra helstat til nationalstat, fra religionspligt til religionsfrihed. Ved at give nyt liv til rigets historie bidrog Grundtvig til at skabe en ny national selvforståelse. Biografien beskriver og fortolker Grundtvigs tid, liv og værk på baggrund af et særdeles omfattende kildemateriale og den nyeste forskning. I sidste del af bogen kommer Grundtvig selv til orde i et udvalg af breve, der også løfter sløret for hans kærlighedsliv og hans kamp mod depressioner. Edward Broadbridge (f. 1994) er oversætter og har oversat Grundtvigs værker til engelsk. For det arbejde har han modtaget N.F.S. Grundtvigs Pris. Hans Raun Iversen (f. 1948) er teolog og har forsket i Grundtvigs værker i over fyrre år.

Denmark’s Catalyst. The Life and Letters of N.F.S. Grundtvig is the final book in the 6-volume series ‘N.F.S. Grundtvig. Works in English’, Published by Aarhus University Press. Translator Edward Broadbridge joins forces with Grundtvig scholar Hans Raun Iversen in this biography of the most influential Dane in modern Denmark’s history. Grundtvig (1783-1872) was a pastor, pedagogue, poet, politician, and philosopher all rolled into one. Best known internationally for his concepts of a people’s (folk) high school, of ‘learning for life’ and of ‘lifelong learning’, in Denmark he is equally famous as the nation-builder and champion of ‘the common good’.This comprehensive, illustrated biography is supplemented by 70 letters tracing Grundtvig’s first-hand experiences in surprisingly honest terms, including his love life, his depressions, and his four trips to England.Edward Broadbridge was born in London but has lived most of his life in Denmark, where he has been awarded the Grundtvig Prize for his translations of Grundtvig’s hymns. Copenhagen University theologian Hans Raun Iversen has an honorary doctorate from Uppsala University and has written extensively on Grundtvig.

The Core of Learning presents the philosophical framework of N.F.S. Grundtvig’s educational, poetic, theological, and political writings. In each of these fields he made a major contribution to the formation of modern Denmark. He situates humanity in the wider background of creation and nature, and in his alternative programme of enlightenment he focuses on the core and advance of Learning in the history of human civilization, and the role of emotions for all philosophical reflection.As part of its agenda to digitalise and translate Grundtvig’s vast output, the Grundtvig Study Centre at Aarhus University is pleased to publish this fifth volume in the series, ‘N.F.S. Grundtvig: Works in English’. Volume 1, The School for Life (2011), contains Grundtvig’s major writings on education, while Volume 2, Living Wellsprings (2015) contains a selection of his hymns, songs, and poems. Volume 3, Human Comes First (2018) contains articles and sermons relating to Grundtvig’s Christian theology, and Volume 4, The Common Good (2019) deals with his historical and political ideas.

Version for sopran solo, lige stemmer (SSAA), fortæller og klaver. Tekst af Hans Christian Andersen og Edward Broadbridge.