Pietism

Pietism was a movement, in the Lutheran Church, lasting from the late-17th century to the mid-18th Century. It proved to be very influential throughout Protestantism and Anabaptism, inspiring not only Anglican priest John Wesley to begin the Methodist movement, but also Alexander Mack to begin the Brethren movement. The Pietist movement combined the Lutheran emphasis on Biblical doctrine with the Reformed, and especially Puritan, emphasis on individual piety, and a vigorous Christian life.

Bibliography

Amongst older works on Pietism are

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• JG Walch, Historische und theologische Einleitung in die Religionsstreitigkeiten der evangelisch-lutherischen Kirche (1730);
• A Tholuck, Geschichte des Pietismus und des ersten Stadiums der Aufklärung (1865);
• H Schmid, Die Geschichte des Pietismus (1863);
• M Goebel, Geschichte des christlichen Lebens in der Rheinisch-Westfälischen Kirche (3 vols., 1849-1860).

And the subject is dealt with at length in

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• JA Dorner's and W Gass's Histories of Protestant theology.

More recent are

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• Heppe's Geschichte das Pietismus und der Mystik in der reformirten Kirche (1879), which is sympathetic;
• A Ritschl's Geschichte des Pietismus (5 vols., 1880-1886), which is hostile; and
• C Sachsse, Ursprung und Wesen des Pietismus (1884).

See also

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• Fr. Nippold's article in Theol. Stud. und Kritiken (1882), PP. 347?392;
• H. von Schubert, Outlines of Church History, ch. xv. (Eng. trans., 1907); and
• Carl Mirbt's article, "Pietismus," in Herzog-Hauck's Realencyklopädie für prot. Theologie u. Kirche, end of vol. xv.

See also: Brethren, Church of the Brethren

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