Religion and Profit: Moravians in Early America

by Katherine Carte Engel

Book Overview

The Moravians, a Protestant sect founded in 1727 by Count Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf and based in Germany, were key players in the rise of international evangelicalism. In 1741, after planting communities on the frontiers of empires throughout the Atlantic world, they settled the communitarian enclave of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in order to spread the Gospel to thousands of nearby colonists and Native Americans. In time, the Moravians became...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812221850
• ISBN13: 9780812221855
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"