PIETY AND BROTHERLY UNION: JUNG‐STILLING AND THE MENNONITES Journal Article uri icon

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abstract

  • ABSTRACTDuring his time at the Kaiserslautern Kameral‐Hohe‐Schule (1777–87), Johann Heinrich Jung‐Stilling came into personal contact with Swiss‐Mennonites. His acquaintance with members of the faith group, together with his own religious belief, of a distinctly Pietistic nature, significantly shaped the positive attitude toward Anabaptism reflected in his fictional texts. This article presents an investigation of Jung‐Stilling's experience of spiritual kinship with Mennonites and his reading of Mennonite research which informed his narrative works, particularly Das Heimweh (1794). Despite prevailing anti‐Mennonite/Anabaptist sentiments in the eighteenth century, Jung‐Stilling praises the faith group's Christian foundations and way of living in his literary texts. The following analysis offers insight into the author's concept of ethical community and brotherly union as well as an explanation for the popularity of his utopian novel among nineteenth‐century Mennonite migrants to Central Asia.

publication date

  • July 1, 2019

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Date in CU Experts

  • December 27, 2019 11:44 AM

Full Author List

  • Jany B

author count

  • 1

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International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0016-8777

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1468-0483

Additional Document Info

start page

  • 245

end page

  • 261

volume

  • 72

issue

  • 3