Voices of the Turtledoves

The Sacred World of Ephrata
1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-3-525-55827-0
Verlag: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Buch, Englisch, Band Band S, 282 Seiten, mit 29 Abb., Format (B × H): 155 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 640 g

Reihe: Arbeiten zur Geschichte des Pietismus

J. Bach examines Pennsylvania’s Ephrata Cloister during the colonial period through the lens of religious literature and practices. The book proposes that religion is the key to understanding the unique social community that emerged at Ephrata and also helps us to interpret some of Ephrata’s remaining material culture, such as their architecture and manuscript art. This is the first book to examine Ephrata’s religious thought based on extensive reading in all of the major printed works by Ephrata authors. Expanding the focus beyond just Conrad Beissel, Ephrata’s founder, has led Bach to conclude for the first time that a core of similar religious thought was broadly shared at Ephrata, even by critics within the community who were dissatisfied with Beissel’s personality.The central point of the book is that the Ephrata community advocated a mystical Christian life, preparing for and anticipating an awareness of God’s immediate presence.

Zielgruppe

Theologen, Historiker, an der Geschichte der USA Interessierte

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bach, Jeff

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen Baptisten
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Christliche Orden und Vereinigungen, Ordensgeschichte, Mönchstum

Über Autor(innen)

Bach, Jeff
Jeff Bach is Young Center director and Associate Professor at the department of Religious Studies at the Elizabethtown College.

Jeff Bach ist Associate Professor of Brethren and Historical Studies am Earlham College/USA.