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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792716603321

Autore

Ellis David L.

Titolo

Politics and piety : the Protestant awakening in Prussia, 1816-1856 / / by David L. Ellis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

90-04-33785-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 pages)

Collana

Studies in the History of Christian Traditions, , 1573-5664 ; ; Volume 186

Disciplina

280.4094309034

Soggetti

Protestantism - Germany - Prussia - History - 19th century

Christianity and politics - Germany - Prussia - History - 19th century

Church and state - Germany - Prussia - History - 19th century

Prussia (Germany) Church history 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Revival, Quietism, and Change -- Sects and Violence: The Politicization of the Awakening -- The Failure of Reform -- Opposition to Revolution as Cultural Warfare -- Church Renewal -- The Debilitating Successes of Ständisch Structural Changes -- The Rhetorical War over the Crimean War -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

In Politics and Piety: The Protestant 'Awakening' in Prussia, 1816-1856 , David L. Ellis analyzes the connections between political conservatism and Prussia’s neo-Pietist religious revival, especially in Brandenburg and Pomerania, in the years surrounding the revolution of 1848. Awakened conservatives waged a cultural struggle against political and religious liberalism, impacting the state church, the outcome of the revolution, and Prussia’s controversial neutrality in the Crimean War. Awakened leaders, in their effort to recover and adapt a pre-Napoleonic order, ironically modernized conservatism with individualistic rhetoric, widely circulated newspapers, and political organization.