Das deutsche Quäkertum in der Frühen Neuzeit

Ein grundsätzlicher Beitrag zur Pietismusforschung

Author: Bernet, Claus

Source: Zeitschrift für Religions- und Geistesgeschichte, Volume 60, Number 3, 2008 , pp. 213-234(22)

Publisher: BRILL

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Abstract:

Quakerism is the first Anglo-American religion that has gained ground in Germany, especially in the north, in the second half of the 17th century. Contrary to older church historiography, this was not a marginal phenomenon. Rather, stable congregations developed, as did a Europe-wide network of missionary work and a differentiated culture of polemic writings. These points of encounter allowed the Quakers to establish contact with supporters of Böhme and radical pietists while at the same time enabling an Antiquakeriana campaign against them. At the center of this study lies the question for the religious-historical positioning of Quakerism. The author argues that due to impulses of extra-ecclesiastical pietism, positions arose that transgressed Christianity's frame of reference. Therefore the reference to the early modern understanding of esoterism has proven especially useful.

Document Type: Regular paper

DOI: 10.1163/157007308784742430

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