An Introduction to German Pietism: Protestant Renewal at the Dawn of Modern Euro

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The book includes appendices with translations of German primary sources and discussion questions.

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"An Introduction to German Pietism" provides a scholarly investigation of a movement that changed the history of Protestantism. The Pietists can be credited with inspiring both Evangelicalism and modern individualism. Taking into account new discoveries in the field, Douglas H. Shantz focuses on features of Pietism that made it religiously and culturally significant. He discusses the social and religious roots of Pietism in earlier German Radicalism and situates Pietist beginnings in three cities: Frankfurt, Leipzig, and Halle. Shantz also examines the cultural worlds of the Pietists, including Pietism and gender, Pietists as readers and translators of the Bible, and Pietists as missionaries to the far reaches of the world. He not only considers Pietism's role in shaping modern western religion and culture but also reflects on the relevance of the Pietist religious paradigm of today. The first survey of German Pietism in English in forty years, "An Introduction to German Pietism" provides a narrative interpretation of the movement as a whole.The book's accessible tone and concise portrayal of an extensive and complex subject make it ideal for courses on early modern Christianity and German history. The book includes appendices with translations of German primary sources and discussion questions.

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An up-to-date portrait of a defining moment in the Christian story-its beginnings, worldview, and cultural significance.

Author Biography

Douglas H. Shantz is Professor of Christian Thought at the University of Calgary and the author of Between Sardis and Philadelphia: The Life and World of Pietist Court Preacher Conrad Broske.

Table of Contents

List of Figures, Maps, and TablesForeword, by Peter C. ErbAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Issues in Defining and Describing the Pietist MovementPart I: The Setting and Inspiration for German Pietism1. German Radicalism and Orthodox Lutheran Reform2. The Thirty Years War, Seventeenth-Century Calvinism, and Reformed PietismPart II: A Tale of Three Cities3. Beginnings of Lutheran Pietism in Frankfurt,1670 to 16844. Conventicles and Conflicts in Leipzig andthe Second Wave, 1684 to 16945. Halle Pietism and Universal Social Reform,1695 to 1727Part III: The Social and Cultural Worlds of German Pietism6. Radical German Pietism in Europe and North America7. Pietism and Gender8. Pietism and the Bible9. Pietism, World Christianity, and Missions to South India and LabradorPart IV: Pietism and Modernity10. The Contribution of German Pietism to the Modern WorldConclusion: Reflecting on the Cultural and Religious Legacy of German PietismAppendixesA. Sources in TranslationB. Translation of Georg Heinrich Neubauer's "183 Questions" (1697)C. Discussion QuestionsD. Student Members of the Leipzig Circle of Pietists in the Late 1680sNotesBibliographies and Further ReadingIndex of Persons and Places

Review

Shantz documents the great diversity within Pietism through accounts of scores of individuals and their unique contributions... Highly recommended. Choice An excellent entree to the history and character of Pietism. -- Carter Lindberg Catholic Historical Review This book creates a critical foundation for grasping many of the significant influences on transatlantic Evangelicalism... It is an excellent introduction to the study of German Pietism... This book can be read by anyone interested in learning more about German Pietism. -- Tom Schwanda Evangelical Studies Bulletin Shantz succeeds in providing a detailed, but largely accessible introduction to a movement that becomes harder to define, or to ignore, the more attention it gathers from scholars on both sides of the Atlantic. Among its other virtues, An Introduction to German Pietism also serves as an introduction to German scholars on the subject. -- Christopher Gehrz Mennonite Quarterly Review Douglas Shantz's book An Introduction to German Pietism: Protestant Renewal at the Dawn of Modern Europe... is easily the most thorough history Pietism available in English... No other recent book as effectively expounds the past thirty years of historians' struggles with this topic or provides as thorough a narrative, or suggests as many appropriate avenues for further inquiry. The work is nuanced, detailed, and fully conversant with the hundreds of years of sectarian debate in its social context and current historiography. -- Daniel van Voorhis German History [ An Introduction to German Pietism] is an outstanding introduction to German Pietism. The theme itself if a complex one and Shantz makes an admirable attempt to elucidate it... In sum, this book is a laudable contribution to the field of Pietist studies. -- Andrew L Thomas The New Criterion An Introduction to German Pietism is an impressive scholarly work... This book is clearly written and well structured. It tackles a complicated historiographical field while still emphasizing Shantz's own interpretation of Pietism's importance in the development of modern Europe and modern religion. Most importantly, it serves its primary purpose as an engaging and clear introduction to the study of German Pietism. -- Avram Heisler Renaissance and Reformation Not only will it correct loads of bad and biased information, it will provide you with a full and nuanced understanding of the subject. -- Mark Granquist Word & World

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In Shantz's book there is a fine balance between the 'old' and the 'new' approaches to the movement, keeping what is of proven importance and adding to this the 'new' that has opened Pietism to the modern world in the past three decades... It offers in its conclusion and in its argument a whole strategy for assessing what is of continuing value in the cultural and religious legacy of German Pietism. -- from the Foreword, by Peter C. Erb Shantz's lively book explores the sweep of Pietism from its sixteenth-century antecedents to the later figures of Bengel and Oetinger. Drawing on his own research and the wealth of recent scholarship, he makes sense of Pietism's diverse streams, the competing attempts to define it, and its ambivalent legacy for modernity. Without question, this is now the most cogent account of Pietism in English. -- Jonathan Strom, Emory University

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An Introduction to German Pietism provides a scholarly investigation of a movement that changed the history of Protestantism. The Pietists can be credited with inspiring both Evangelicalism and modern individualism.Taking into account new discoveries in the field, Douglas H. Shantz focuses on features of Pietism that made it religiously and culturally significant. He discusses the social and religious roots of Pietism in earlier German Radicalism and situates Pietist beginnings in three cities: Frankfurt, Leipzig, and Halle. Shantz also examines the cultural worlds of the Pietists, including Pietism and gender, Pietists as readers and translators of the Bible, and Pietists as missionaries to the far reaches of the world. He not only considers Pietism's role in shaping modern western religion and culture but also reflects on the relevance of the Pietist religious paradigm of today.The first survey of German Pietism in English in forty years, An Introduction to German Pietism provides a narrative interpretation of the movement as a whole. The book's accessible tone and concise portrayal of an extensive and complex subject make it ideal for courses on early modern Christianity and German history. The book includes appendices with translations of German primary sources and discussion questions.

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""Not only will it correct loads of bad and biased information, it will provide you with a full and nuanced understanding of the subject.""

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This book creates a critical foundation for grasping many of the significant influences on transatlantic Evangelicalism... It is an excellent introduction to the study of German Pietism... This book can be read by anyone interested in learning more about German Pietism.

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An up-to-date portrait of a defining moment in the Christian story--its beginnings, worldview, and cultural significance.

Details ISBN1421408317 Author Peter C. Erb Pages 520 Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press Series Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies Year 2013 ISBN-10 1421408317 ISBN-13 9781421408316 Format Paperback Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press Subtitle Protestant Renewal at the Dawn of Modern Europe Place of Publication Baltimore, MD Country of Publication United States DEWEY 273.7 Media Book Language English Short Title INTRO TO GERMAN PIETISM Audience Age 13 Illustrations 3 Line drawings, black and white; 11 Halftones, black and white Publication Date 2013-06-10 NZ Release Date 2013-06-10 US Release Date 2013-06-10 UK Release Date 2013-06-10 Alternative 9781421408309 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2013-04-14 We've got this

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