Reclaiming pietism : retrieving an evangelical tradition / Roger E. Olson and Christian T. Collins Winn.

The historical movement known as Pietism emphasized the response of faith and inward transformation as crucial aspects of conversion to Christ. Unfortunately, Pietism today is often equated with a "holier-than-thou" spiritual attitude, religious legalism, or withdrawal from involvement in...

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Main Author: Olson, Roger E.
Other Authors: Collins Winn, Christian T.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2015.
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Table of Contents:
  • Defining and redefining Pietism : how a good word got a bad reputation
  • Pietist backgrounds : precursors and cousins of Pietism
  • Reforming the Reformation : classical Pietism's beginnings, part I
  • Reforming the Reformation : classical Pietism's beginnings, part II
  • A portrait of Pietism : its authentic hallmarks
  • Where Pietism flourished on new soil : Great Britain and North America
  • Pietism for a new era : the re-invention of Pietism in the nineteenth century
  • Contemporary appropriations of the Pietist impulse : four exemplars
  • Conclusion: Pietism as a way of doing evangelical theology.