A collection of Pietist devotional writings offers insight into the faith's origins in late sixteenth- and early seventeen-century German Lutheranism, influence throughout Europe and North America, and moral and religious beliefs. Original. 10,000 first printing.[...]
"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 fea[...]