Omission

Old Salem, Inc., a non prophet corporation, operates Old Salem Museums and Gardens. It is completely separate from the Moravian Church. In a word it is a secular experience. Perhaps this is necessary. But it leads to omissions in the interpretations of the former Moravian village of Salem.

For example, to be sure visitors lean that Salem was a town of "quaint" religious persuasion. But a visitor leaves Salem with not much more knowledge of the Moravians-of-old than with which they arrived. This is a pity.

The visitor will not, for example, hear the great, positive and inspiring stories of Salem that rest on Pietism, an important 18th century theological movement in Europe as well as the Colonies. They will not hear of the extraordinary stories of sacrificial missionary work of the Moravians. They will not hear about Home Moravian Church or God's Acre as they are interpreted separate from Old Salem, Inc. Both of which are at the center of the village of Salem.

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