What is it about?
A brief investigation of the tensions in religious communities on both sides of the Atlantic between Moravians on the one hand and German and Lutheran Calvinists on the other and the role of gender, sexuality, and confession in those tensions. A monograph on the subject entitled Jesus Is Female followed in 2007.
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Why is it important?
This article demonstrates the importance of gender and sexuality in inter- and intra-confessional conflict on both sides of the Atlantic in the 18th century.
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This is the brief version of the monograph in German. For a brief English version, see The William and Mary Quarterly (2003).
Distinguished Research Professor Aaron Spencer Fogleman
Northern Illinois University
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This page is a summary of: „Jesus ist weiblich" Die herrnhutische Herausforderung in den deutschen Gemeinden Nordamerikas im 18. Jahrhundert, Historische Anthropologie, January 2001, Bohlau Verlag,
DOI: 10.7788/ha.2001.9.2.167.
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