Herrnhut - The Formation of a Moravian Community, 1722–1732

Examines the origins of the Herrnhut religious community and describes its development in the context of German Pietism in the early eighteenth century.

About the author

Paul Peucker is Director and Archivist at the Moravian Archives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He is the author of A Time of Sifting: Mystical Marriage and the Crisis of Moravian Piety in the Eighteenth Century, also published by Penn State University Press.

Summary

Examines the origins of the Herrnhut religious community and describes its development in the context of German Pietism in the early eighteenth century.

Product details

• Authors: Paul (Moravian Archives) Peucker, Peucker Paul
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.05.2022
• EAN: 9780271092393
• ISBN: 978-0-271-09239-3
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 590 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss, Karten
• Series: Pietist, Moravian, and Anabaptist Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, RELIGION / Christianity / Protestant, European History, Germany, RELIGION / Christianity / History, HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century, Protestantism & Protestant Churches, Moravians;Pietism;Crypto-Protestantism;Zinzendorf;Herrnhut