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The Moravian Brethren in a Time of Transition

A Socio-Economic Analysis of a Religious Community in Eighteenth-Century Saxony
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The Moravian Brethren in a Time of Transition offers a detailed examination of the Moravian Brethren community in eighteenth-century Herrnhut, Eastern Germany. Drawing on extensive archival research, Christina Petterson explores how this Protestant group navigated social change between 1740 and 1760 through community building and subjectification practices. The book highlights the broader relevance of the Brethren's social experiments in the context of early modernity and the shift from feudalism to early capitalism.
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Through original archival analysis, this book maps the transition to capitalism as it was experienced by an influential religious community.

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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 became central to liberal ideology, corresponding to the Moravian negotiation of the transition from feudal society to early capitalism.

The Moravian Brethren in a Time of Transition by Christina Petterson is an insightful exploration of the cultural and economic exchanges that defined this unique community.

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Book Details

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ISBN: 9781642597776

Publisher: Haymarket Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 13 September 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Haymarket Books

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 378

About the Author

Christina Petterson is visiting research fellow at the Australian National University, School of Politics. She has published extensively on Christianity and socio-economics, and most recently co-edited Legacies of David Cranz' Historie von Grnland (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021).

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