Politics and piety : : the Protestant awakening in Prussia, 1816-1856 / / by David L. Ellis.

• Superior document: Studies in the History of Christian Traditions, Volume 186
• VerfasserIn: Ellis, David L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2017.; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in the history of Christian traditions ; Volume 186.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (337 pages).

In Politics and Piety: The Protestant 'Awakening' in Prussia, 1816-1856 , David L. Ellis analyzes the connections between political conservatism and Prussia’s neo-Pietist religious revival, especially in Brandenburg and Pomerania, in the years surrounding the revolution of 1848. Awakened conservatives waged a cultural struggle against political and religious liberalism, impacting the state church, the outcome of the revolution, and Prussia’s controversial neutrality in the Crimean War. Awakened leaders, in their effort to recover and adapt a pre-Napoleonic order, ironically modernized conservatism with individualistic rhetoric, widely circulated newspapers, and political organization.

Table of Contents

Introduction -- Revival, Quietism, and Change -- Sects and Violence: The Politicization of the Awakening -- The Failure of Reform -- Opposition to Revolution as Cultural Warfare -- Church Renewal -- The Debilitating Successes of Ständisch Structural Changes -- The Rhetorical War over the Crimean War -- Conclusion.