… in the series »Hallesche Quellenpublikationen und Repertorien« by the Publishing house of the Francke Foundations til 2023.
Starting from the observation that the study of the history of the Lutheran church in North America during the decades before and after the founding of the United States has thus far been focused on the journals and correspondence of Henry Melchior Mühlenberg (1711-87), this project…
… on an important phenomenon in the poet's life. The title and subtitle use terms that Goethe himself used in Poetry and Truth to characterise the religious trends of the time beyond the official church. It is unmistakable that Goethe showed a particular curiosity towards them and, based on his own experiences in his youth, felt a certain sympathy for them. The exhibition is dedicated to the poet's…
… Halle, for which he was as important as Halle was for him – not least as the site of his confrontation with Cardinal Albrecht von Brandenburg (1490–1545). The contributions succeed in linking biographical and church-historical aspects, thus providing an insight into the turbulent history of the Reformation and the followers of Martin Luther (1483–1546) in Halle. Finally, August Hermann Francke (1663–1727) and…
As a result of the international conference »Pietism in Baltic History - Research and Perspectives«, which took place in Riga on June 2, 2023, a conference volume has now been published.
… mit dem Phänomen des Lutherischen Chorals in Oper und Konzertmusik zu beleuchten.
The contributions in this volume explore the significance of Lutheran hymns as a mediating factor between church and school from an interdisciplinary cultural studies perspective. In doing so, they focus in particular on the connections between school and social history as well as music and cultural history. The…
… this tradition by cancelling the legal independence of the foundations and bringing their work to a standstill, contrary to the will of the founders and against the protest of the Protestant Church.
In 1990, favoured by the reunification of Germany, a circle of friends was formed to restore the Francke Foundations. With the support of the Evangelical Church of the Church Province of Saxony, the…
