Pietism and community in Europe and North America : 1650-1850 / edited by Jonathan Strom.

Pietist movements challenged traditional forms of religious community, group formation, and ecclesiology. Where many older accounts have emphasized the individual and subjective nature of Pietists to the exclusion of community, one of the hallmarks of Pietism has been the creation of groups and expe...

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Other Authors: Strom, Jonathan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Series:Brill's series in church history ; d. 45.
Brill's series in church history. Religious history and culture series ; v. 4.
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Summary:Pietist movements challenged traditional forms of religious community, group formation, and ecclesiology. Where many older accounts have emphasized the individual and subjective nature of Pietists to the exclusion of community, one of the hallmarks of Pietism has been the creation of groups and experimentation with new forms of religious association and sociality. The essays presented here reflect the diverse ways in which Pietists struggled with the tension between the separation from the "world" and the formation of new communities from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century in Europe and.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 368 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004193550
9004193553
1282948849
9781282948846
9786612948848
6612948841
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.