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Das Wirken der vierzehn Pastoren, die von den Franckeschen Stiftungen nach Pennsylvania geschickt worden waren, mündete in der Etablierung einer Kirchenorganisation, die auf Grund der spezifischen Situation Amerikas nicht mehr auf landeskirchliche Strukturen und weltliche Obrigkeiten setzte. Dieser Integrationsprozess der deutschen Lutheraner bildet den Gegenstand des Buches. In der Ambivalenz von Angst vor dem Verlust an kultureller Eigenständigkeit und der Hoffnung auf fortdauernde Existenz der Gemeinden agierten die Hallenser als Mediatoren des Identitätswandels. Wichtige Identitätsmarker waren neben Fragen der Religion auch solche von Sprache und nationaler Zugehörigkeit. Mit merkantilen Argumenten ermunterten sie die Deutschen, Englisch zu lernen. Ebenso sicherten sie die emotionale Koppelung an die neue Heimat, die sie als God's own country stilisierten und deren Geschichte sie kausal mit der lutherischen verknüpften. Die so entstandenen Identitätsverschiebungen manifestieren sich in der Selbstbeschreibung als German Lutherans oder Deutsche Lutheraner. Das Buch zeigt Spielräume einzelner Akteure für Organisationsprozesse in besonderen Bedingungen, verdeutlicht aber auch die damit verbundenen Konflikte des Integrationsprozesses.

Lutheran Church --- History --- Pennsylvania Dutch. --- Social integration. --- lutheranism. --- migration research.

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This text looks at why witch-trials failed to escalate into ""witch-crazes"" in certain parts of early modern Europe. Using the legal records of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, the book explores the social and psychological conflicts behind the making of accusations and confessions of witchcraft.

Witchcraft --- History --- Black art (Witchcraft) --- Sorcery --- Occultism --- Wicca --- 291.33 --- Directe invloed op de goddelijke wil: hekserij; bezweringen; magie, toverij --- 291.33 Directe invloed op de goddelijke wil: hekserij; bezweringen; magie, toverij --- germany --- folklore --- witchcraft --- witches --- Defamation --- Early modern period --- Lutheranism --- Torture --- Wettringen (Münsterland) --- Witch trials in the early modern period --- Witch-hunt --- Würth --- History. --- European history. --- HISTORY / Europe / Germany. --- History & Archaeology

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A history of unparalleled scope that charts the global transformation of Christianity during an age of profound political and cultural changeChristianity in the Twentieth Century charts the transformation of one of the world's great religions during an age marked by world wars, genocide, nationalism, decolonization, and powerful ideological currents, many of them hostile to Christianity. Written by a leading scholar of world Christianity, the book traces how Christianity evolved from a religion defined by the culture and politics of Europe to the expanding polycentric and multicultural faith it is today--one whose growing popular support is strongest in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, China, and other parts of Asia.Brian Stanley sheds critical light on themes of central importance for understanding the global contours of modern Christianity, illustrating each one with contrasting case studies, usually taken from different parts of the world. Unlike other books on world Christianity, this one is not a regional survey or chronological narrative, nor does it focus on theology or ecclesiastical institutions. Rather, Stanley provides a history of Christianity as a popular faith experienced and lived by its adherents, telling a compelling and multifaceted story of Christendom's fortunes in Europe, North America, and across the rest of the globe.Transnational in scope and drawing on the latest scholarship, Christianity in the Twentieth Century demonstrates how Christianity has had less to fear from the onslaughts of secularism than from the readiness of Christians themselves to accommodate their faith to ideologies that privilege racial identity or radical individualism. "Charts the transformation of one of the world's great religions during an age marked by world wars, genocide, nationalism, decolonization, and powerful ideological currents, many of them hostile to Christianity. Written by a leading scholar of world Christianity, the book traces how Christianity evolved from a religion defined by the culture and politics of Europe to the expanding polycentric and multicultural faith it is today -- one whose growing popular support is strongest in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, China, and other parts of Asia. Brian Stanley sheds critical light on themes of central importance for understanding the global contours of modern Christianity, illustrating each one with contrasting case studies, usually taken from different parts of the world. Unlike other books on world Christianity, this one is not a regional survey or chronological narrative, nor does it focus on theology or ecclesiastical institutions. Rather, Stanley provides a history of Christianity as a popular faith experienced and lived by its adherents, telling a compelling and multifaceted story of Christendom's fortunes in Europe, North America, and across the rest of the globe. Transnational in scope and drawing on the latest scholarship, Christianity in the Twentieth Century demonstrates how Christianity has had less to fear from the onslaughts of secularism than from the readiness of Christians themselves to accommodate their faith to ideologies that privilege racial identity or radical individualism." --

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