The Word in the Wilderness: Popular Piety and the Manuscript Arts in Early Pennsylvania
(Part of the Pietist, Moravian, and Anabaptist Studies Series)
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Once a vibrant part of religious life for many Pennsylvania Germans in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Fraktur manuscripts today are primarily studied for their decorative qualities. The Word in the Wilderness takes a different view, probing these documents for what they tell us about the lived religious experiences of the Protestant communities that made and used them and opening avenues for reinterpretation of this well-known,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0271085908
ISBN13:9780271085906
Release Date:June 2020
Publisher:Penn State University Press
Length:264 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 5.9" x 8.7"
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