Pietism and community in Europe and North America : 1650-1850 / / edited by Jonathan Strom.

• Superior document: Brill's series in church history ; v. 45
• TeilnehmendeR: Strom, Jonathan.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's series in church history ; d. 45.; Brill's series in church history. Religious history and culture series ; v. 4.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (380 p.)
• Notes: Includes index.

Pietist movements challenged traditional forms of religious community, group formation, and ecclesiology. Where many older accounts have emphasized the individual and subjective nature of Pietists to the exclusion of community, one of the hallmarks of Pietism has been the creation of groups and experimentation with new forms of religious association and sociality. The essays presented here reflect the diverse ways in which Pietists struggled with the tension between the separation from the “world” and the formation of new communities from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century in Europe and North America. Presenting a range of methodological perspectives, the authors explore the processes of community formation, the function of communicative networks, and the diversity of Pietist communities within the context of early modern religious and cultural history. Religious History and Culture Series – Volume 4 Subseries Editors: Joris van Eijnatten andamp; Fred van Lieburg

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / J. Strom -- Introduction Pietism And Community In Europe And North America / Jonathan Strom -- Chapter One. Understanding The Church: Issues Of Pietist Ecclesiology / Hans Schneider -- Chapter Two. Marriage And Marriage-Criticism In Pietism: Philipp Jakob Spener, Gottfried Arnold, And Nikolaus Ludwig Von Zinzendorf / Wolfgang Breul -- Chapter Three. The “Little Church” Of Johann Amos Comenius And Philipp Jakob Spener: Approaches To Church Reform With A Comprehensive Social Perspective / Marcus Meier -- Chapter Four. Communal Diversity In Radical German Pietism: Contrasting Notions Of Community In Conrad Bröske And Johann Henrich Reitz / Douglas H. Shantz -- Chapter Five. “Wir Halenser”: The Understanding Of Insiders And Outsiders Among Halle Pietists In Prussia Under King Frederick William I (1713–1740) / Benjamin Marschke -- Chapter Six. G.A. Francke And The Halle Communication Network: Protection, Politics And Piety / Thomas P. Bach -- Chapter Seven. Pietism As A Threat To The Social Order: Pietist Communities In Jena 1727–1729 / Gerald MacDonald -- Chapter Eight. Israel In The Church And The Church In Israel: The Formation Of Jewish Christian Communities As A Proselytising Strategy Within And Outside The German Pietist Mission To The Jews Of The Eighteenth Century / Lutz Greisiger -- Chapter Nine. Identities Across Borders: The Moravian Brethren As A Global Community / Gisela Mettele -- Chapter Ten. Pink,White, And Blue: Function And Meaning Of The Colored Choir Ribbons With The Moravians / Paul Peucker -- Chapter Eleven. Network Clusters And Symbolic Communities: Communitalization In The Eighteenth-Century Protestant Atlantic World / Alexander Pyrges -- Chapter Twelve. By The Pastor And The Schoolmaster: Language, Dissent, And The Struggle Over Slavery In Colonial Ebenezer / James Van Horn Melton -- Chapter Thirteen. Community In “Companies”: The Conventicles Of George Rapp’s Harmony Society Compared To Those In Württemberg Pietism And The Brüderunität / Alice T. Ott -- Chapter Fourteen. Leadership And Mysticism: Gustaf Gisselkors, Jacob Kärmäki, And The Final Stages Of Ostrobothnian Separatism / Andre Swanström -- Chapter Fifteen. Haugeanism Between Liberalism And Traditionalism In Norway, 1796–1845 / Arne Bugge Amundsen -- Chapter Sixteen. Pietism And Community In Magnus Friedrich Roos’s Dialogue Books / Anders Jarlert -- Chapter Seventeen. Pietism As Societal Solution: The Foundation Of The Korntal Brethren (Korntaler Brüdergemeinde) / Samuel Koehne -- Chapter Eighteen. The Communities Of Pietists As Challenge And As Opportunity In The Oldworld And The New / Hartmut Lehmann -- Index / J. Strom.