Chapter 5 New Jerusalem in Greenland: Aspects of Moravian Mission

Abstract

Most Moravian settlements were conceptualised according to a square, with the axis either constituted by central buildings or the gaps between the buildings. This architectural pattern has given rise to the assumption that the Moravian settlements are configurations of the New Jerusalem. The present chapter examines the extent to which the idea of New Jerusalem is present in the Moravian mission station of Neuherrnhut in Greenland.