Women, race, and the Moravian Church in the early modern Atlantic world: convert, migrant, missionary
This book focuses on women’s participation in the Moravian Church during the eighteenth century, focusing on the intentional practice of international marriage and migration that supported their missionary work amongst enslaved populations in the Caribbean. It argues that white women missionaries an...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Cham, Switzerland
Palgrave Macmillan
2025
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| In: | Year: 2025 |
| Series/Journal: | Christianities in the Trans-Atlantic World
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| Further subjects: | B
Atlantic Ocean Region
B Moravian Church B Race relations ; Religious aspects ; Moravian Church B 1500-1700 B 1700-1799 B Women ; Religious life ; History B Caribbean Area B Women in church work ; Moravian Church B Women in church work ; History |
| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9783031845758 |
| Summary: | This book focuses on women’s participation in the Moravian Church during the eighteenth century, focusing on the intentional practice of international marriage and migration that supported their missionary work amongst enslaved populations in the Caribbean. It argues that white women missionaries and Black women converts played a crucial role in the history of its religious movement as the Church shifted from an ethnically German organization to a form of Black Atlantic Christianity. |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis Seite 217-231 |
| Physical Description: | xvi, 240 Seiten, Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 978-3-031-84574-1 |
