Moravian Brethren in a Time of Transition

Christina Petterson is visiting research fellow at the Australian National University, School of Politics. She has published extensively on Christianity and socio-economics, and most recently co-edited Legacies of David Cranz’ Historie von Grönland (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021).

• Preface and AcknowledgementsIntroductions1  To the Marxists2  To Moravian Scholars and Other Theologians3  Outline of Chapters1 Introducing Choir Ideology1  Introduction2  From Choir Speech to Choir Ideology3  What Is the Function of a Choir?4  Methodology5  The Choirs as Vanishing Mediators2 The Choirs – A Genealogy1  Introduction2  Overview of the Genealogy3  Terminology and the Establishment of the Choirs4  The Day of All Choirs: 25 March5  Choir Houses6  Conclusion3 Blood, Wounds, and Class1  Introduction2  Martin Dober’s Account3  The Purge in Herrnhut4  Blood, Wounds, and Authority5  Conclusion4 The Choir Speeches1  Introduction2  The Saviour, Individual and Collective3  Children’s Choir4  Boys’ Choir5  Girls’ Choir6  Single Brothers’ Choir7  Single Sisters’ Choir8  Widowers’ Choir9  Widows’ Choir10  Conclusion5 Marriage and Community1  Zinzendorf’s Idea of Marriage2  The Problem3  After the Synod4  Conclusion6 The State and Its Subjects1  Stand as Manifestation of Cultural Revolution2  Gender3  Class Society and the Civic Self4  Individual and Subject5  The Question of Religion6  Conclusion7 Horizons of History1  Times of Change2  Agents of Change or Expressions of Change3  Dimensions of HistoryAppendix 1Appendix 2ReferencesIndex