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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"Moravian"”.
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Missionary Sending and the Moravian Brethren
… By even the most conservative estimates, the Moravian Brethren of the eighteenth century sent a remarkable quantity and quality of missionaries given their size. In this dissertation, I argue that cultural liturgies among eighteenth-century Moravians resulted in their remarkably high per …
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A Look At Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century American Moravian Worship
… and editing of four eighteenth-century Moravian liturgical hymn services. In this context paper I describe Moravian worship practices in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in America, and discuss how the liturgical hymn services fit into that worship cycle. This paper also describes …
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A sortie into the archaeology of the Moravian mission station, Genadendal
… Tony Humphreys suggested the archaeology of the Moravian Mission at Genadendal as a possible avenue through which the archaeological 'void' regarding the Khoekhoen, post 1652, could be addressed. Building on this suggestion, the primary aim of this research was to find evidence of the Khoekhoen …
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Unruly Sisters: Moravian Women, Dissent, and the 18th Century North Carolina Piedmont
This thesis is about how Moravian women in the community of Salem, North Carolina, challenged the policies of the church in order to gain more autonomy in the late 18th century. Settling into the Piedmont, these women encountered excessive materialism and a widely accepted racial hierarchy, which …
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Africanisation of worship in the Langa Moravian church : liturgy in a new key
… as it has and has not taken place in the Moravian Church in general and specifically at Langa where the writer has been a probation minister from 1998- 1999 and an ordained minister from 1999 onwards. It explores the amelioration of the present undesirable situation. It is recognised that …
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The history of the Moravian Brass Band Union of South Africa (BBSA) as told through the personal histories of members, and its contemporary role in the Moravian Church in South Africa (MCSA)
… the history and contemporary significance of the Moravian Brass Band Union of South Africa (BBSA) within the Moravian Church of South Africa (MCSA). Established in 1951, the BBSA has played a pivotal role in promoting brass band music as an integral part of worship and community life within the …
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A Scholarly Performance Edition of Selected Anthems, 24 December 1767, by Johannes Herbst, Moravian-American Composer
… (the Herbst Collection) located at the Moravian Archives in Winston-Salem, as well as consideration of other secondary manuscripts from Moravian congregations in Bethlehem, Lititz, and Nazareth. </p> <p> Johannes Herbst (1735-1812) was a pastor and bishop in the Moravian Church. He …
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The Moravian Church Response to Domestic Abuses among Couples in Tanzania: A case study of Mbeya Municipality, with special reference to (Wa) Ndali and (Wa) Nyakyusa traditions (Comparison and Contrast)
This study investigated the Moravian Church’s response to domestic abuses among couples in Mbeya Municipality. The aim was to find out the nature, causes and reasons of domestic abuses and the measures taken. The study utilized ecological systems, systematic theology and anthropological theories. …
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The Moravian Church Response to Domestic Abuses among Couples in Tanzania: A case study of Mbeya Municipality, with special reference to (Wa) Ndali and (Wa) Nyakyusa traditions (Comparison and Contrast)
This study investigated the Moravian Church’s response to domestic abuses among couples in Mbeya Municipality. The aim was to find out the nature, causes and reasons of domestic abuses and the measures taken. The study utilized ecological systems, systematic theology and anthropological theories. …
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Communal identity and historical claims to land in South Africa : the cases of the Clarkson Moravian Mission and the Tsitsikamma Mfengu
… "native", "tribal", "ancestral", Mfengu, and Moravian, used in contemporary communal identity formations are not fixed givens, but rather historical discursive constructions that are in a process of constant change. In the case of the Clarksoners we show how the Moravian historical narrative …
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The nutritional quality of the diet of 18th century Moravians (1775-1800) in Salem, North Carolina: a comparison of present dietary trends
… the nutritional adequacy of past diets. The Moravians of Salem, North Carolina, were the focus of this study. Various documents were examined to gather information on the crops grown, foods eaten and daily lifestyle. Seasonal diets (spring, summer, fall, winter) were reconstructed and …
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Cechovní řemesla na Slovácku v letech 1450 až 1859
… of this dissertation is to present the guilds of Moravian Slovakia (Slovácko), more precisely in the area of Lower Moravian Slovakia, also known as "Dolňácko" in Czech Republic. This area includes towns where guilds were active. These are the following locations: Bojkovice, Bzenec, Kunovice, …
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The social context of adolescent pregnancy : the case of Mamre
… conducted in Mamre, a semi-rural, predominantly Moravian village near. Cape Town. The study consisted of two parts. For the first part, names were obtained from the Mamre birth and registration list and the birth records of Wesfleur Hospital, Atlantis. The sample consisted of 25 women who at the …
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A theology of persecution and Christian endurance: Cain, Abel, and a ‘Black Book of Acts’ among the St. Thomas Moravians, 1732-1740
… of the eighteenth-century St. Thomas Island Moravians, one of the first African-led, multicultural churches in the Americas. Enslaved African Christians have been overlooked among the historical narratives of those who endure faithfully under anti-Christian persecution, as scholarly focus on …
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Land tenure and environmental conditions at Wupperthal
… informal land tenure practised internally at the Moravian mission settlement of Wupperthal. The study analyses the system of tenure in terms of formal recognized systems, that exist or have existed in the past, and also in terms of the settlement's physical and social environment. Suggestions are …
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If Not for Her Sex: The Mysterious Education of American Women, 1750-1850
… on the first women’s post-secondary school: the Moravian Seminary for Young Ladies in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Other resources unearthed curriculums of both the Moravian Seminary for Young Women and Mount Holyoke. I looked into their archives to understand who their marketed audience was and what …
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Missions and emancipation in the South Western Cape : a case study of Groenekloof (Mamre), 1838-1852
… for the former slaves who settled at the Moravian mission at Groenekloof. This was situated in the wheat-producing Malmesbury district of the Cape Colony. The dissertation takes the form of a case study of nearly 700 people and focusses on the period from December 1838 to December 1852. …
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Mellem afrikaner og kreol : etnisk identitet og social navigation i Dansk Vestindien 1730–1770
… as a micro study focusing on members of the Moravian congregation. It is divided in five chapters. The first chapter argues that African ethnic designations reflect African Caribbeans' own ideas of belonging to ethnically defined groups referring to Africa. At the same time, however, it is shown …
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