“Ruin and Death Suddenly Came to Our Homes”: The Images of War and Peace in the Patriotic Sermons of the Prussian Preacher Ludwig Ernst Borowski (1806–1816)
The article concentrates on a collection of sermons delivered by the Prussian preacher Ludwig Borowski during Prussia’s wars against Napoleon (1806–1816). The author makes an attempt to retrace the evolution of the concept of war devised by Borowski in his sermons. After Prussia’s defeat in the war...
| Published in: | Church history and religious culture |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2018
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Church history and religious culture
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Borowski, Ludwig Ernst von 1740-1831
/ Sermon
/ War
/ History 1806-1816
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| RelBib Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBB German language area KDD Protestant Church |
| Further subjects: | B
Prussia
war theology
Lutheran sermon
religion and patriotism
Napoleonic Wars
holy war
Ludwig Ernst Borowski
Liberation Wars
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| Summary: | The article concentrates on a collection of sermons delivered by the Prussian preacher Ludwig Borowski during Prussia’s wars against Napoleon (1806–1816). The author makes an attempt to retrace the evolution of the concept of war devised by Borowski in his sermons. After Prussia’s defeat in the war of 1806 Ludwig Borowski interpreted the war as God’s punishment on the Prussian people. God is represented in Borowski’s sermons as a wise father who wants to get his children to behave. The further evolution of the concept can be seen in 1813 when Prussia reopened hostilities against France. In the sermons of 1813–1816 the war will be conceptualized by Borowski as a means of salvation, a holy crusade for liberty and independence. Borowski never preaches national hatred. The aim of the war is peace that is considered to be a gift from heaven to humanity. |
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| ISSN: | 1871-2428 |
| Contains: | In: Church history and religious culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18712428-09802005 |