Swedenborg StudiesSources and Influences in Swedenborg's Worship and Love of God

The Worship and Love of God is one of Swedenborg's most unusual books. A "poetic novel," it dramatizes the Creation and examines the life of Adam and Eve as the first truly united couple. Inge Jonsson, former rector of Stockholm University and one of the world's leading Swedenborg scholars, examines this unique work from the perspective of sources and influences. The literary genre of the Creation, ancient and modern philosophy, and scientific discoveries of his own day come into play in Swedenborg's richly imagined and beautifully articulated world.