LEADER 04849nam 2200781Ia 450 001 9910825979303321 005 20240418031253.0 010 $a0-8122-0185-X 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812201857 035 $a(CKB)2670000000418287 035 $a(OCoLC)859161023 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10748591 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001035917 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11580535 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001035917 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11033214 035 $a(PQKB)11784347 035 $a(OCoLC)868218287 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse26844 035 $a(DE-B1597)449039 035 $a(OCoLC)1013960851 035 $a(OCoLC)1029812157 035 $a(OCoLC)979580043 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812201857 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3442165 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10748591 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL682337 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442165 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000418287 100 $a20110823d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReligion and profit$b[electronic resource] $eMoravians in early America /$fKatherine Carte Engel 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia, Pa. $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press ;$aOxford $cOxford Creative Marketing [distributor]$d[2011] 215 $a1 online resource (324 p.) 225 0 $aEarly American Studies 300 $aOriginally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--University of Wisconsin) under the title: Of heaven and earth. 311 0 $a1-322-51055-5 311 0 $a0-8122-2185-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tNOTE ON TERMINOLOGY --$tINTRODUCTION --$tCHAPTER 1: The Pilgrims' Mission --$tCHAPTER 2: Interconnected Worlds --$tCHAPTER 3: Moravian Expansion in the Mid-Atlantic --$tCHAPTER 4: The Moral Parameters of Economic Endeavor --$tCHAPTER 5: Atlantic Currents: Global War and the Fate of Moravian Communalism --$tCHAPTER 6: Two Revolutions: Ending the Oeconomy and Losing the Missions --$tCHAPTER 7: A Change in Mission --$tCHAPTER 8: Unraveled Strands --$tConclusion --$tABBREVIATIONS --$tNOTES --$tINDEX --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS 330 $aThe 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. 606 $aMoravians$zPennsylvania$zBethlehem$xHistory 606 $aReligion$xEconomic aspects 606 $aEconomics$xReligious aspects 607 $aBethlehem (Pa.)$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aBethlehem (Pa.)$xReligion$y18th century 607 $aBethlehem (Pa.)$xEconomic conditions$y18th century 610 $aAmerican History. 610 $aAmerican Studies. 610 $aReligion. 610 $aReligious Studies. 615 0$aMoravians$xHistory. 615 0$aReligion$xEconomic aspects. 615 0$aEconomics$xReligious aspects. 676 $a284.674822 700 $aEngel$b Katherine Carte?$01637046 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825979303321 996 $aReligion and profit$93978621 997 $aUNINA