The Pietist Theologians An Introduction to Theology in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

by Lindberg, Carter

• ISBN13: 9780631235170
• ISBN10: 0631235175
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-11-30
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Pietism is the religious-theological movement which formed a bridge between the Reformations of the sixteenth century and the Enlightenment. This introduction to the Pietist theologians demonstrates the influence that this movement had on the religious, cultural and social life of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and examines its lasting effects on modern culture and modern theology. Written by an international group of leading scholars, the book explores the transconfessional and transnational aspects of Pietism, considering the contribution of both Protestant and Catholic theologians in Puritan England, Pietist Europe and Colonial America. Each chapter focuses on a particular theologian, from Arndt to Wesley, and incorporates up-to-date research and commentary. Comprehensive yet accessible, this is the ideal introduction to the study of this core theological movement.

Author Biography

Carter Lindberg is Professor of Church History Emeritus at Boston University School of Theology. He is the author or editor of numerous publications, including The Reformation Theologians (2001), The European Reformations Sourcebook (2000) and The European Reformations (1996), all published by Blackwell Publishing.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Notes on Contributors	xi
List of Abbreviations	xv
Introduction
Carter Lindberg	1	(20)
1 Johann Arndt (1555-1621)
Johannes Wallmann	21	(17)
2 William Perkins (1558-1602)
Raymond A. Blacketer	38	(14)
3 Lewis Bayly (d. 1631) and Richard Baxter (1615-1691)
Carl Trueman	52	(16)
4 Paul Gerhardt (1607-1676)
Christian Bunners	68	(16)
5 Philipp Jakob Spener (1635-1705)
K. James Stein	84	(16)
6 August Hermann Francke (1663-1727)
Markus Matthias	100	(15)
7 Cotton Mather (1663-1728)
Richard F. Lovelace	115	(13)
8 Jane Ward Leade (1624-1704) and the Philadelphians
Donald F. Durnbaugh	128	(19)
9 Johanna Eleonora Petersen (1644-1724)
Martin H. Jung	147	(14)
10 Madame Guyon (1648-1717)
Patricia A. Ward	161	(14)
11 Gottfried Arnold (1666-1714)
Peter C. Erb	175	(15)
12 Gerhard Tersteegen (1697-1769)
Hansgünter Ludewig	190	(17)
13 Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf (1700-1760)
Peter Vogt	207	(17)
14 Johann Albrecht Bengel (1687-1752)
Hermann Ehmer	224	(15)
15 Friedrich Christoph Oetinger (1702-1782)
Martin Weyer-Menkhoff	239	(17)
16 John Wesley (1703-1791)
David Hempton	256	(17)
Glossary	273	(4)
Index	277