Entangled by the World: William Henry of Lancaster and "Mixed" Living in Moravian Town and Country Congregations
Members of Moravian "town and country" congregations in eighteenth-century America confronted particular challenges: unable or unwilling to separate themselves from "the world," such Moravians were often looked at with suspicion by church authorities in settlement congregations s...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Penn State Univ. Press
2010
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Journal of Moravian history
Year: 2010, Volume: 8, Pages: 7-52 |
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| Summary: | Members of Moravian "town and country" congregations in eighteenth-century America confronted particular challenges: unable or unwilling to separate themselves from "the world," such Moravians were often looked at with suspicion by church authorities in settlement congregations such as Bethlehem. These ongoing tensions were exacerbated during the Revolutionary War, when the decisions of many Brethren—most visibly, William Henry of Lancaster—to engage in political activity seemed to confirm the suspicions that town and country congregations had admitted individuals to their fellowship who were too entangled in the world to devote themselves to spiritual matters. Yet it was these Brethren who, thanks to the very entanglements that dismayed church authorities, possessed the political influence to aid and protect the Moravian Church when it was threatened. |
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| ISSN: | 2161-6310 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Moravian history
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