Media Use and Social Influence Among the Moravian Brethren in the Baltic Region with a Focus on Modern-Day Latvia
The Herrnhut Brethren (Moravians) expanded to the Baltic region in the early eighteenth century and quickly became a substantial religious force, especially among the local Estonian and Latvian peasant population. Instead of following a top-down institutional approach to Christianity, the Moravians...
| Published in: | Entangled Religions |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ruhr-Universität Bochum
2023
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Entangled Religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 6 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Latvia
/ Herrnhuter
/ Farmer
/ Education
/ Mission (international law
/ History 1730-1850
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| RelBib Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture CH Christianity and Society KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBK Europe (East) KDD Protestant Church RF Christian education; catechetics RH Evangelization; Christian media RJ Mission; missiology |
| Further subjects: | B
Moravian Church
B national awakening B Livonia B Herrnhut B Pietism B peasant education |
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| Summary: | The Herrnhut Brethren (Moravians) expanded to the Baltic region in the early eighteenth century and quickly became a substantial religious force, especially among the local Estonian and Latvian peasant population. Instead of following a top-down institutional approach to Christianity, the Moravians approached the peasants as equals. The resulting religious contact between the Moravians and the Baltic Lutheran Church entrenched Christianity in the Baltic countryside more than had previously been the case and empowered the local population, largely through the innovative use of media and access to education. |
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| ISSN: | 2363-6696 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.46586/er.14.2023.10975 |