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Gar nicht biblisch!” [Not biblical at all!]: Ephesians, Marriage, and Radical Pietism in Eighteenth-Century Germany

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Published/Copyright: October 16, 2014

Abstract

This article explores the use of Ephesians 5 and the church as the bride of Christ within a set of 18th-century speeches to the married couples in a radical pietist community known as the Moravian Brethren. I will show how the text is used to undergird a novel ideology of marriage and community structure, both of which are connected with socio-economic change.


Corresponding author: Christina Petterson, Research Associate, University of Newcastle, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Callaghan, 2308 NSW, Australia, e-mail:

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Article note

I would like to thank the two reviewers of this article for their very helpful suggestions to improve the flow and coherence of the argument.


Published Online: 2014-10-16
Published in Print: 2014-10-1

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