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Religion and Profit Religion and Profit

Автор: Katherine Carte Engel

Год издания: 0000

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 some of early America's most successful missionaries. Such vast projects demanded vast sums. Bethlehem's Moravians supported their work through financial savvy and an efficient brand of communalism. Moravian commercial networks, stretching from the Pennsylvania backcountry to Europe's financial capitals, also facilitated their efforts. Missionary outreach and commerce went hand in hand for this group, making it impossible to understand the Moravians' religious work without appreciating their sophisticated economic practices as well. Of course, making money in a manner that be fitted a Christian organization required considerable effort, but it was a balancing act that Moravian leaders embraced with vigor. Religion and Profit traces the Moravians' evolving mission projects, their strategies for supporting those missions, and their gradual integration into the society of eighteenth-century North America. Katherine Carté Engel demonstrates the complex influence Moravian religious life had on the group's economic practices, and argues that the imperial conflict between Euro-Americans and Native Americans, and not the growth of capitalism or a process of secularization, ultimately reconfigured the circumstances of missionary work for the Moravians, altering their religious lives and economic practices.
Nachrichten von den Lappen in Finmarken, ihrer Sprache, Sitten, Gebrauche, und ehemaligen heidnischen Religion Nachrichten von den Lappen in Finmarken, ihrer Sprache, Sitten, Gebrauche, und ehemaligen heidnischen Religion

Автор: Knud Leem

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Полный вариант заголовка: «Knud Leems Nachrichten von den Lappen in Finmarken, ihrer Sprache, Sitten, Gebrauche, und ehemaligen heidnischen Religion / Mit Anm. von J. E. Gunner; Aus dem Dan. ubers. [by J. J. Volckmann]».

A view of the internal evidence of the Christian religion A view of the internal evidence of the Christian religion

Автор: Soame Jenyns

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Полный вариант заголовка: «A view of the internal evidence of the Christian religion / [by Soame Jenyns]».

The power of religion on the mind in retirement, affliction and at the approach of death The power of religion on the mind in retirement, affliction and at the approach of death

Автор: Lindley Murray

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Полный вариант заголовка: «The power of religion on the mind in retirement, affliction and at the approach of death : exemplified in the testimonies and experience of persons distinguished by their greatness, learning, or virtue / by Lindley Murray».

A defence of natural and revealed religion. Vol. 2 A defence of natural and revealed religion. Vol. 2

Автор: Robert Boyle

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Полный вариант заголовка: «A defence of natural and revealed religion : Vol. 2 : being an abridgment of the sermons / preached at the lecture founded by the Honorable Robert Boyle».

A defence of natural and revealed religion. Vol. 3 A defence of natural and revealed religion. Vol. 3

Автор: Robert Boyle

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Полный вариант заголовка: «A defence of natural and revealed religions : Being a collection of the sermons preached at the lecture founded by the Honourable Robert Boyle. Vol. 3».