The Pietist Theologians: An Introduction to Theology in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (The Great Theologians)

✍ Scribed by Carter Lindberg

• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 302
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A comprehensive introduction to the Pietist theologians of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in Puritan England, Pietist Europe and Colonial America. Provides a comprehensive introduction to the Pietist theologians of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Demonstrates the influence that Pietism had on the religious, cultural and social life of the time. Explores the lasting effects Pietism has had on modern theology and modern culture. Presents both Protestant and Catholic theologians in Puritan England, Pietist Europe and Colonial America. Focuses on women as well as men. Features up-to-date research and commentary by an international group of leading scholars.

✦ Table of Contents

The Pietist Theologians......Page 5
Contents......Page 9
Acknowledgments......Page 11
Notes on Contributors......Page 13
List of Abbreviations......Page 17
Introduction......Page 19
1 Johann Arndt (1555–1621)......Page 39
2 William Perkins (1558–1602)......Page 56
3 Lewis Bayly (d. 1631) and Richard Baxter (1615–1691)......Page 70
4 Paul Gerhardt (1607–1676)......Page 86
5 Philipp Jakob Spener (1635–1705)......Page 102
6 August Hermann Francke (1663–1727)......Page 118
7 Cotton Mather (1663–1728)......Page 133
8 Jane Ward Leade (1624–1704) and the Philadelphians......Page 146
9 Johanna Eleonora Petersen (1644–1724)......Page 165
10 Madame Guyon (1648–1717)......Page 179
11 Gottfried Arnold (1666–1714)......Page 193
12 Gerhard Tersteegen (1697–1769)......Page 208
13 Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf (1700–1760)......Page 225
14 Johann Albrecht Bengel (1687–1752)......Page 242
15 Friedrich Christoph Oetinger (1702–1782)......Page 257
16 John Wesley (1703–1791)......Page 274
Glossary......Page 291
Index......Page 295