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The mission of the Center for Moravian Studies is to promote the scholarly study of the history, beliefs, and traditions of the Moravian Church. Attention is given to the entire historical tradition of the Moravian Church as well as to issues relating to contemporary concerns of the Moravians in North America and world wide.
• sponsors a series of seminars and lectures,
• provides assistance to scholars working on Moravian topics,
• plans a program of publishing key sources for the study of
the Moravian Church,
• and cooperates with other institutions on special projects.
The Center for Moravian Studies underwrites the printing and distribution of The Hinge: International Theological Dialog for the Moravian Church. The director of the Center for Moravian Studies serves as North American editor of Unitas Fratrum, a journal for historical and contemporary issues of the Moravian Church which is published in Germany, and as assistant editor of ITD: International Theological Dialogue.
The Center for Moravian Studies has established formal relationships with the Moravian Historical Society; the Moravian Archives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and Winston-Salem, North Carolina; the Moravian Unity Archives in Herrnhut, Germany; the Moravian Music Foundation; the Music Department of Moravian College; the Reeves Library of Moravian College and Moravian Theological Seminary; the Provincial Elders Conferences of the Moravian Church in America; and the Moravian Unity Board.
Many of the programs of the Center for Moravian Studies are supported by a grant from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, Inc.
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