God's Fields: Landscape, Religion, and Race in Moravian Wachovia

by Leland Ferguson

Book Overview

"Provides a fascinating and nuanced study of the transformations in religious and social ideals among Moravians as they worked to implement their aspirations in the harsh realities of a North Carolina landscape shaped by racism. Ferguson reveals the intersecting dynamics of religious aspirations, sectarian prejudices, conflicting designs across cultural landscapes, paradoxical divergences of religious ideals and social realities, and the life stories...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813049563
• ISBN13: 9780813049564
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"