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The German Sectarians Of Pennsylvania 1708-1742: A Critical And Legendary History Of The Ephrata Cloister And The Dunkers

The German Sectarians Of Pennsylvania 1708-1742: A Critical And Legendary History Of The Ephrata Cloister And The Dunkers

Friedrich Sachse, Julius

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General Reference20th Century United States History

ISBN10: 9354480659
ISBN13: 9789354480652
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 5 2021
Pages: 638
Weight: 2.03
Height: 1.41 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In the forests of colonial Pennsylvania, small German-speaking brotherhoods sought perfection, silence, and nearness to God. Their experiment reshaped the religious map of early America and left a deep, if often forgotten, legacy. Faith took radical new forms. Julius Friedrich Sachse's The German Sectarians of Pennsylvania, 1708-1742 presents a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers, capturing the daily life, beliefs, and conflicts of these radical pietist communities in America and setting them firmly within 18th century Pennsylvania religion and early American church history. Drawing on rare records, folk traditions, and painstaking scholarship, Sachse follows German immigrants in Pennsylvania as they form separatist conventicles, organise the Ephrata Cloister community, create a unique chapter in Ephrata Cloister community history, and shape Dunker German Baptist history. The result is both vivid narrative and indispensable colonial Pennsylvania history reference, illuminating Pennsylvania German sects history, early American utopian sects, and the wider anabaptist and pietist movements. Rich in names, places, and social detail, it is an essential resource for Pennsylvania German genealogy research as well as for anyone fascinated by colonial Pennsylvania religious history, radical piety, and the contested spiritual landscape of the New World. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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