Serving Two Masters: Moravian Brethren in Germany and North Carolina, 1727-1801

" The eighteenth century was a time of significant change in the perception of marriage and family relations, the emphasis of reason over revelation, and the spread of political consciousness. The Unity of the Brethren, known in America as Moravians, experienced the resulting tensions firsthand as they organized their protective religious settlements in Germany. A group of the Brethren who later settled in Salem, North Carolina, experienced the stresses of cultural and generational conflict when

Author: Elisabeth W. Sommer
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 02/17/2000
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.33lbs
Size: 9.36h x 7.17w x 1.69d
ISBN: 9780813121390

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