The Ephrata Commune: An Early American Counterculture
Autor E.G. Alderferen Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 oct 1985
Tells of the founding and subsequent history of Ephrata, a mystical religious community that flourished in eastern Pennsylvania in the mid-eighteenth century. Its leader, Conrad Beissel, a German Pietist who came to America in 1720 seeking spiritual peace and solitude. Settled in Lancaster County, his talents and charisma attracted other German settlers who shared his vision of a community built in the image of apostolic Christianity.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780822958017
ISBN-10: 0822958015
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University of Pittsburgh Press
Colecția University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN-10: 0822958015
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University of Pittsburgh Press
Colecția University of Pittsburgh Press
Recenzii
“Alderfer's story of Ephrata is essentially the biography of Conrad Beissel. . . . This small volume gives a vivid picture of the founding, development, economy, calligraphy, printing, music, theology, inner tensions, and self destruction of this holy experiment.”
—Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography
—Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography