Legacies of David Cranz's 'Historie von Grönland' (1765)

Felicity Jensz is a Researcher in the Cluster of Excellence (2060) 'Religion and Politics' at the University of Münster, Germany.Christina Petterson is a Researcher at the School of Politics and International Relations, Australian National University.

• 1. Introduction: More than the sum of its parts: David Cranz’s Historie von Grönland- Felicity Jensz and Christina Petterson.- Part I: Religious context and reception.- 2.Moravians in Greenland: Barren Shores and Fruitful Missions- Christina Petterson.- 3. David Cranz’ History of Greenland and Physico-Theology- Kathrine Kjærgaard.- Part II: English-language Reception and Print Culture.- 4. “a collection of absurdities”: Reception of two English versions of Cranz’s book in Britain, 1767 & 1820- Felicity Jensz.- 5. Unbecoming Heretics: Knowledge, Missionary Stories, and the Legacy of David Cranz in North America- Jared Burkholder.- Part III: Scientific Importance and Influence.- 6.Circulation of Arctic Knowledge among German Protestants in the 18th century – The example of David Cranz´s Historie von Grönland- Joanna Kodzik.- 7. Early Meteorological Observations in Greenland: The Contributions of David Cranz, Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein and Christopher Brasen- Gaston Demarée and Astrid Elisabeth Ogilvie.- 8.Greenland in Hungary:  Inuit Culture and the Emergence of the Science of Anthropology in Late Eighteenth – Early Nineteenth Century Hungary- Ildikó SzKristof.- 9. The Soul of the Arctic. David Cranz’s account of the religion or superstitions of the Greenlanders and its impact on 19th Century descriptions of religion in Greenland- Åmund Norum Resløkken.- Part IV: Cranz and the Medium of Missions.- 10. The “United Brethren” and Johann Gerhard König—Cranz’s Historie von Grönland as an avenue to the natural history of India- Thomas Ruhland.- 11. Cranz’s Greenland as a Steeping Stone to Labrador: Tracing the Profile of the Inuit- Thea Olsthoorn.- Part V: The Post-colonial Cranz.- 12. Cranz Revisited: Greenland in Greenland- Claire McLiskey.- 13. Appendix: David Cranz’s Lebenslauf- Paul Peucker