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The first Moravian settlement in Britain was established in Bedford in 1745 and its members lived and worshipped as a close-knit community. The Bedford congregation is exceptionally well documented. In this edition Edwin Welch presents extracts from the principal sources for the period 1740 to 1786. The criteria for publication was to provide information on the foundation of the congregation and the events of the 1740s that led up to it. This is followed by specimen extracts from different types of records which may be found in their eighteenth century archives. Most are diaries or minutes - the congregation diaries; Jacob Rogers' diary; labourers' and helpers' conferences; the diaries of the single brethren and sisters; elders' conference; letters; and the rules and orders in 1777.

The sources throw light on the ordering of the congregation, its activities and concerns as well as noting journeys to London and elsewhere. Some cover procedural matters such as who preaches where; others are spiritual or religious; and others are practical and domestic. An example is the record of buying tea and sugar for the love-feasts, which is followed by a note that the love-feasts were not conducted with the respect and veneration that their dignity required.

The volume has an index of names and contains pictures of the leading figures in the church as well as illustrations of the buildings.

Moravians --- Bedford. --- Moravians. --- Rogers (Jacob). --- diaries. --- nonconformity. --- History --- Bedford Moravian Church (Bedfordshire, England) --- England --- Bedfordshire (England) --- Church history

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Moravians --- History. --- Brethren, United --- Hernhutters --- Herrnhuter --- Society of United Brethren --- Unitas Fratrum --- United Brethren --- Hussites

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Based on hundreds of archival documents, Christina Petterson offers an in-depth analysis of the community building process and individual and collective subjectification practices of the Moravian Brethren in eighteenth-century Herrnhut, Eastern Germany between 1740 and 1760. The Moravian Brethren are a Protestant group, but Petterson demonstrates the relevance of their social experiments and practices for early modernity by drawing out the socio-economic layers of the archival material. In doing so, she provides a non-religious reading of categories that become central to liberal ideology as the Moravians negotiate the transition from feudal society to early capitalism. As such The Moravian Brethren in a Time of Transition combines archival analysis with socio-economic change.

Moravians --- North Carolina --- Economic conditions --- History --- Customs and practices --- Herrnhut (Germany) --- Church history --- Social life and customs

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One of the fascinating aspects of the history of Christianity is its incredible diversity of expression and evolution, particularly as Christianity left Europe, bound for the shores of America. The Moravian Church (Unitas Fratrum or “Unity of the Brethren”) arose in what is now known as the Czech Republic in the late fourteenth century. Fleeing persecution, the Moravians arrived in North America, settling especially in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and later in what is now Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The history of the Moravian Church is vital for understanding not only European church history but also the history of the church in North America.

Moravians --- Moravians. --- History --- Moravian Church --- Moravian Church. --- Arts and Humanities --- Religion --- Brethren, United --- Hernhutters --- Herrnhuter --- Society of United Brethren --- Unitas Fratrum --- United Brethren --- Jednota bratrská --- United Brethren (Moravians) --- Evangelische Brüder-Unität --- Brüder-Unität --- Evangelische Broedergemeente --- Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine --- Brüdergemeine --- Mährische Brüder --- Evangelische Brüdergemeine --- Herrnhutter Broeders --- Hussites --- Bohemian Brethren --- Christianity --- Bracia morawscy --- Bracia morawscy. --- Jednota bratrsk --- Church of the Brethren (Moravian) --- Moravian Brethren --- Renewed Church of the Brethren --- Union of Czech Brethren

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Moravians --- Missions --- Frères moraves --- Missions --- History --- History --- Histoire --- Histoire --- Moravian Church --- Moravian Church --- Missions. --- History --- England --- Angleterre --- Church history --- Histoire religieuse