Professor Jonathan Strom, Emory University, USA, Dr Hartmut Lehmann, Max-Planck-Institut fÿr Geschichte, Germany and Professor James Van Horn Melton, Emory University, USA

Contents: Introduction: pietism in two worlds, Jonathan Strom; Part I Defining Pietism in the World of Transatlantic Religious Revivals: Pietism in the world of transatlantic religious revivals, Hartmut Lehmann; Some thoughts on pietism in American religious history, Stephen J. Stein; Communication networks as one aspect of pietist definition: the example of radical pietist connections between colonial North America and Europe, D.F. Durnbaugh; Religion in the Atlantic world: the Ebenezer communication network, 1732-1828, Alexander Pyrges. Part II Dissent and Migration: Old World Heritage: Johanna Eleonora Petersen in the context of women's and gender studies, Ruth Albrecht; Homeless minds: the migration of radical pietists, their writings, and ideas in early modern Europe, Douglas H. Shantz; From Jakob Böhme via Jane Leade to Eva von Buttlar - transmigrations and transformations of religious ideas, Willi Temme; Traveling prophets: inspirationists wandering through Europe and to the New World - mission, transmission of divine word, poetry, Hans-Jÿrgen Schrader. Part III Dissent and Migration: New World Confrontations: Heinrich Melchior Mÿhlenberg and the pietisms in colonial America, Hermann Wellenreuther; 'Only Brothers should be accepted into this proposed council': restricting women's leadership in Moravian Bethlehem, Beverly Prior Smaby; The evolution of the Bethlehem Pilgergemeine, Katharine Carté Engel; 'Don't teach my Negroes to be pietists': pietism and the roots of the black Protestant church, Jon Sensbach; 'If you want to be the Lord's servant, resign yourself to confrontation': the pietist challenge in early Georgia, Helene M. Kastinger Riley. Part IV New Directions in Research: Halle pietism and the Prussian state: infiltration, dissent, and subversion, Ben Marschke; Pietism, print culture, and Salzburg Protestantism on the eve of expulsion, James Van Horn Melton; 'The hope of better times': pietism and the Jews, Christopher Clark; How to incorp