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- Publisher
- Wiley
- Copyright
- © 2010 The Author. Australian Journal of Politics and History © 2010 School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics, School of Political Science and International Studies, University of Queensland and Blackwell Publishing Asia Pty Ltd.
- ISSN
- 0004-9522
- eISSN
- 1467-8497
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1467-8497.2010.01558.x
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
During the evangelical awakening of eighteenth‐century Europe, numerous religious communities were founded in order to create a geographical space in which religious and social identities could be constructed, including several communities of the Moravian Church. This Protestant Episcopal Church was based in Germany, but expanded from the mid‐eighteenth century throughout the colonial world in response to political turmoil. This paper traces the establishment of the Moravian town of Bethel in South Australia and the role of religion and ethnic backgrounds in the identification processes of Europeans in the British colonial world. It further analyses the role of politics both locally and internationally in the formation of such a settlement, and the dynamic exchange between the European headquarters of the Brethren and the “colony” of Moravians in South Australia in order to demonstrate how interactions between migration and religion affected the European world.
Journal
Australian Journal of Politics & History – Wiley
Published: Sep 1, 2010