The Moravian Brethren in a Time of Transition

A Socio-Economic Analysis of a Religious Community in Eighteenth-Century Saxony

von Christina Petterson

380 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Based on hundreds of archival documents, Christina Petterson offers an in-depth analysis of the community building process and individual and collective subjectification practices of the Moravian Brethren in eighteenth-century Herrnhut, Eastern Germany between 1740 and 1760. The Moravian Brethren are a Protestant group, but Petterson demonstrates the relevance of their social experiments and practices for early modernity by drawing out the socio-economic layers of the archival material. In doing so, she provides a non-religious reading of categories that become central to liberal ideology as the Moravians negotiate the transition from feudal society to early capitalism. As such The Moravian Brethren in a Time of Transition combines archival analysis with socio-economic change.

• Themen: Philosophie und Religion Religion und Glaube Christentum Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Gruppen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen
• ISBN: 9789004319462
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 16.09.2021
• Größe: 235 x 155 mm
• Verlag: Brill