… To understand Bethlehem and the Moravians, though, we need to make sense of their
unusual piety. This book is a study of colonial Bethlehem, but it is also a book about the body: …

… Atwood turns to the christocentric theology of the Moravians' … leadership and crisis in
colonial Bethlehem, ritual life, and … colonial Bethlehem and the religious body of the Moravians …

… of Bethlehem is almost utopian, with improbable overtones of timeless uniformity, but by
salvaging the Moravians' and Zinzendorf's creative piety … the texture of Bethlehem's religious life. …

… the history of Bethlehem from its founding, … Moravians distinguished their community of
believers from outsiders. Chapter six describes the social and economic institutions of Bethlehem …

… wounds litany remained a vital part of Bethlehem's devotion from birth until death. He …
community of Bethlehem. Atwood recounts the well-known history of the founding of the community…

… In contrast to the great statements of international style and power which adorn the college
chapels of the city, the county abounds with ancient examples of vernacular piety, and the …

… life of colonial-era Moravian Bethlehem (1741-… Moravian piety has been neglected in recent
literature. Older interpretations of Moravian spirituality may have claimed that Moravian piety …

… ritual in community formation will make Community of the Cross a welcome … of Moravian
piety will be invaluable to historians interested in Moravians for their unique role in colonial …

… Community of the Cross fills a large hole in the growing scholarship on eighteenth-century
Moravian Church communities… socioeconomic structures in Moravian communities around the …

… community, and the community gave them food, shelter, and clothes in return. Furthermore,
even though the Moravians in early Bethlehem … non-English groups in colonial America. The …