• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Religion and Profit : Moravians in Early America
  • Contributor: Engel, Katherine Carté [Author]
  • imprint: Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009
    2009
  • Published in: Early American Studies
  • Extent: Online-Ressource (328 S.)
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.9783/9780812201857
  • ISBN: 9780812201857
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  • Keywords: Moravians Pennsylvania Bethlehem History ; Religion Economic aspects ; Economics Religious aspects ; HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775)
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  • Description: Biographical note: Katherine Carte Engel teaches history at Texas AandM University.

    Catalysts in the birth of evangelicalism, the Moravians supported their religious projects through financial savvy, a distinctive communalism at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and transatlantic commercial networks. This book traces the Moravians' evolving projects, arguing that imperial war, not capitalism, transformed Moravian religious life.
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