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Themes

  1. Biography and career. From church office in Sulzbach to Fischer’s later work in Magdeburg and on behalf of Halle.
  2. Networks. Early Pietist and Christian-esoteric connections and their influence in the Baltic region.
  3. Publishing and the book trade. Fischer’s publishing activities and the Wilcken printing house in Riga; Bibles, translations and devotional literature.
  4. Education and the university. Fischer as Pro-chancellor of the University of Dorpat and his influence on the founding of schools.
  5. Theological profile. Fischer’s literary and theological activities.
  6. Church politics. Scope for action and conflicts in Swedish Livonia and Estonia.
  7. Reception history. Fischer in historiography, literature and theological debate up to the present.
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