This web site has been developed by the Swedenborg Foundation, a nonprofit publisher, book seller, and educational organization. The Foundation publishes the theological works of Swedenborg, contemporary books and videos on spiritual growth, offers lectures and workshops, and maintains a library of Swedenborgian literature.

MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of the Swedenborg Foundation is to foster an affirmative, informed, and increasingly broad engagement with the theological message disclosed by Emanuel Swedenborg. To carry out this mission, the Foundation publishes Swedenborg's works, books applying their principles to contemporary life, scholarly monographs, and sponsors educational and informational programs adopted by the board of directors. (2002)

CHARTER PURPOSES

The purposes and powers of the Foundation are to print, publish, circulate, and distribute the theological, scientific, and other works and writings of Emanuel Swedenborg for benevolent, charitable, scientific, missionary, and philanthropic purposes, as well as annotations, commentaries thereon and extracts therefrom; and to purchase, sell, translate into any language, edit, and advertise such works and writings; to print, publish, circulate, purchase, or sell literature in agreement therewith or collateral thereto; to acquire, prepare, publish, and distribute biographies of Emanuel Swedenborg; to hold meetings, lectures, debates, and conferences as a means of promoting interest in his writings and teachings; to maintain reading-rooms, libraries, branches, and stations for reference and study of such writings and teachings in any part of the world; and to do other such lawful things as may be incidental to the carrying in to effect of the foregoing purposes and powers; which purposes and powers shall be exercised without any pecuniary profits of any officer, member, or employee of the corporation, except reasonable compensation for services in effecting one or more of such purposes and powers. adopted by the board of directors, 1928.

HISTORICAL SKETCH

The Swedenborg Foundation was founded in 1849 and chartered by the State of New York in 1850 as the American Swedenborg Printing and Publishing Society. The sole purpose was to print and distribute the theological writings of Emanuel Swedenborg. In 1928 the name was changed to the Swedenborg Foundation and the purposes broadened to include publication of closely related works and educational programs. Through its publications efforts the Foundation has distributed or sold hundreds of thousands of copies of Swedenborg's works and related materials the world over. The Foundation operates as an independent, nonprofit, and charitable corporation dependent on public support. It is governed by a sixteen-member board of directors. An annual meeting of the corporation is held each May.

For more information on Emanuel Swedenborg, click here.