Serving Two Masters: Moravian Brethren in Germany and North Carolina, 1727-1801

by Elisabeth W. Sommer

" 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813121396
• ISBN13: 9780813121390
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 7.2" x 9.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher