04167cam a2200517Ia 4500 ocn900344665 OCoLC 20200709060316.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 150117s2015 kyu o 000 0 eng d EBLCP eng pn EBLCP OCLCO N$T OCLCQ N$T 9780813157238 electronic bk. 0813157234 electronic bk. (OCoLC)900344665 938358 (N$T) BX8568.S25 REL 053000 bisacsh 284.67585 23 N$TA Sommer, Elisabeth W. Serving two masters [electronic resource] : Moravian Brethren in Germany and North Carolina, 1727-1801 / Elisabeth W. Sommer. Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, c2015. 1 online resource (254 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Print version record. Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface: Searching for the American Freedom; Introduction: In the Beginning; The Ancient Unity: A Model for Piety; Zinzendorf and the Renewed Unity; The Road to Community; 1. Forming the Ideal: The Development of the Ortsgemeine; The Creation of the ""Baptized Town""; Governing ""God's People""; The Choir System; 2. Order in the Wilderness: The Planting of the Ideal; Planning Paradise; The Salem Ordinances; The Rhythm of Devotion; The System of Discipline; Profiles in Leadership. 3. Battling Chaos: Discipline and Declension in the OrtsgemeineThe Question of Declension; The Pull of Family; The Lure of Sex; The Culture of Holiness under Siege; 4. Gambling with God: Revelation, Reason, and the Use of the Lot; Precedents for Lot Use; Zinzendorf and the Lot; The Initial Controversy, 1760-1769; The Controversy Deepens, 1769-1782; The Fruits of Declension, 1782-1789; From Revelation to Reason, 1789-1801; 5. Testing Authority and Defining Freedom: A Tale of Two Continents; The Ideal of Authority; The Environmental Incubators; Methods of Defiance; A Different Kind of Freedom. 6. Hands across the Water: The Challenges of a Transatlantic RelationshipThe Ties that Bound; The Ties of Person; Ties of Devotion; Ties of Duty; Straining the Ties; A Sense of Loss; Unity versus Local Need; The Need for Leaders; The Need for Workers; Toward a New Identity; Epilogue: The Shattering of the Ideal; Notes; Bibliography; Index. The eighteenth century was a time of significant change in the perception of marriage and family relations, the emphasis of reason over revelation, and the spread of political consciousness. The Unity of the Brethren, known in America as Moravians, experienced the resulting tensions firsthand as they organized their protective religious settlements in Germany. A group of the Brethren who later settled in Salem, North Carolina, experienced the stresses of cultural and generational conflict when its younger members came to think of themselves as Americans. The Moravians who first immigrated to Am. Moravians Germany History 18th century. Moravians North Carolina Winston-Salem History 18th century. Moravians North Carolina Winston-Salem History 19th century. Salem (Winston-Salem, N.C.) Church history 18th century. RELIGION Christianity Protestant. bisacsh RELIGION / Christianity / Protestant bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Sommer, Elisabeth W. Serving Two Masters : Moravian Brethren in Germany and North Carolina, 1727-1801. Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015 9780813121390 Ebook Library http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=1915285 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=938358 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL1915285 EBSCOhost EBSC 938358 02 N$T 55923 55923