"Jen mě prosili, abych šel ven a zavolal na Božího syna, aby jim přivedl nějaké tuleně.“ Grónská zkušenost misionářů obnovené Jednoty bratrské v 18. století / "They asked me to call the Son of God who will bring them some seals." The Greenland experience of Herrnhut missionaries in the 18th century

• Main Authors: Zdeněk Hojda, Markéta Křížová
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Czech; English
• Published: Univerzita Karlova, Filozofická fakulta 2016
• Subjects: Greenland; Inuit People; Unity of the Brethren (from Herrnhut); Christian Missions; History of Central Europe; DAW1001-1051; Nuuk; Hans Egede; inuit
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/c8f0bb40369b475f898d0b2559c38b1a

The beginning of the 18th century saw a revival of interest in distant Greenland, a possession of the Kingdom of Denmark. The early pioneers were missionaries, first the Danish Lutheran priest Hans Egede and after 1733, members of the renewed Brüder-Unität (Moravian Church). From Moravia came also t...