Emotion Encoding Update

After encoding memoirs for two weeks now, our team was able to uncover a number of religious events unique to Moravians that are often quite emotional. It is important for us to capture these events through textual encoding in order to analyze how often they occur and the emotional outcomes of these events. The first of these events is a religious awakening, which often occurs for Moravians when they are in alone in a field and completely alters the remaining course of their life. The example below is taken from John Darnbrook’s memoir.

The next event that a lot of Moravians experience is a visitation from their Savior, which appears to be in the form of a vision. It seems like this experience often allows the person to feel a closer connection to their Savior and can lead to feelings of satisfaction and love. The example below is taken from Elizabeth Clagget’s memoir.

The last religious event that we have discovered through text encoding the memoirs is the point where the person is ready to pass away and resign to their Savior. The most interesting part of this event is that rather than death being viewed in a negative way, the Moravians have more of a positive outlook of death. The following example is taken from Richard Fenton’s memoir.