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1 online resource (xviii, 252 p.) |
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Revitalization: explorations in world Christian movements |
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Pietist and Wesleyan studies ; no. 22 |
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Revitalization: explorations in world Christian movements.
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Pietist and Wesleyan studies ; no. 22.
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| Contents |
Part I. German Radical Pietism in the Seventeenth Century: -- 1. The roots, origin, and terminology of radical pietism: -- Existential fear and an eschatological worldview -- Social background and social behavior -- 2. Outline of the developments in the seventeenth century: -- Early separatism -- The exodus from Babylon in the 1690s -- The anticipation of an eschatological turning point -- Part II. German Radical Pietism in the Eighteenth Century: -- 3. The Petersens and the early period of the Philadelphian movement in Germany: -- The Philadelphian movement in Germany -- The Petersens -- 4. Reconciliation with the church?: Arnold, Horch, König: -- Gottfried Arnold (1666-1704) -- Johann Heinrich Horch (1652-1729) -- Samuel König (1671-1750) -- 5. The separatists in Wittgenstein and in the Wetterau -- 6. Divergent expressions: -- The Mother Eva Society -- The New Baptists of Schwarzenau -- Prophetic loners -- The Inspirationists (Communities of True Inspiration) -- Johann Konrad Dippel (1673-1734) -- The separatists in Frankfurt am Main -- 7. Berleburg and the late flowering of the Philadelphian movement: -- Johann Friedrich Haug (1680-1753) and the Berleburg Bible -- Johann Samuel Carl (1676-1757) and the "news of the Spirit" -- Christoph Seebach (1675-1745) and Victor Christoph Tuchtfeld (d. after 1752) -- Summary and outlook -- Part III. German Radical Pietism in Recent Research: -- 8. Historical development of the terminology related to pietism -- 9. Two interpretive models and the implications for radical pietism research: Hirsch and Schmidt: -- Emmanuel Hirsch (1888-1972) -- Martin Schmidt (1909-1982) -- A comparison of Hirsch and Schmidt -- F. Ernest Stoeffler (1911-2003) -- Radical? Pietist? : unity and disunity between church and radical pietism -- 10. Hirsch and Schmidt reprise: fundamental problems, state of research |
| Summary |
Pietism is increasingly recognized as the most important movement in Protestant Christianity since the Reformation of the sixteenth century. Simply put, early Protestant reformers were concerned with reforming the doctrine and beliefs of Christians whereas the Pietiest leaders were concerned with reforming the lives and behavior of Christians. This, coupled with other disagreements, led to calls for separation, which in turn gave rise to the movement best described as radical Pietism. German Radical Pietism introduces the English reader to the research of the major contemporary scho |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-248) and index |
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Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
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Pietism -- Germany -- History
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RELIGION -- History.
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Pietism
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Radikaler Pietismus
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Germany
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021679891 |
| ISBN |
9781461658849 |
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1461658845 |
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