The 18th century was an era of exploration into new territories, new cultures, and new ways of life—and religion traveled with it. The contributions in this volume examine the resulting diverse interdenominational and interreligious encounters from various academic perspectives. The focus is on the impulses of actors from the Protestant reform movements associated with the term Pietism. This
… such a thing as pietistic rhetoric? If one follows the anti-rhetorical statements of Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf (1700–1760), this question is not easy to answer. The later founder of the Moravian Church received extensive rhetorical training and influence: on the one hand, through the Royal Pedagogium in Halle, in the pietistic school town of August Hermann Francke (1663–1727), and on the other hand,…
… Gotthilf August Francke, is particularly prominently represented with 85 documents. His central role as a contact for the clergy sent from Halle and his contribution to the development of the Lutheran church system in Pennsylvania are revealed here on the basis of a broad source material. Furthermore, the edition provides a detailed account of how relations between Halle and Pennsylvania developed in the…
… orthodoxy, Böhme, Johann Georg Gichtel (1638–1710), August Hermann Francke (1663–1727), Zinzendorf) and link them with the perspectives of different disciplines and research approaches (including church and theological history, literary studies and art history, social history and gender studies).
This book is published in German.
… in other library collections were also catalogued. This involved an additional 322 Bibles in 30 languages. The third-party funded project was financed with funds from institutions of the Protestant Church, including the Bible and Culture Foundation, the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD) and the Church Province of Saxony.
Project management: Dr Britta Klosterberg
Project team: Gerald Reeke
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The Ziegenbalg House in Tharangambadi (Tamil Nadu) is a joint project of the Francke Foundations in Halle, the Evangelical Lutheran Missionary Organisation in Lower Saxony and the Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church (TELC) with the help of many partners. It is a place of exchange between the inhabitants (Hindus, Christians, Muslims) of the rural area and visitors from India and Europe.
The starting point for the…
