Nobler Than Angels, Lower Than a Worm: The Pietist View of the Individual in the Writings of Heinrich Muller and August Hermann Francke

by Gary R. Sattler

This book examines the Pietist view of the individual through the writings of the Lutheran "reform orthodox" theologian Heinrich M, ller and later Lutheran Pietist August Hermann Francke. While demonstrating the close connection between the two movements, it is concerned primarily with Pietist anthropology. Francke's life and conversion experience are used to introduce the Pietist understanding of the person. The book is divided into a treatment of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819175188
• ISBN13: 9780819175182
• Release Date: August 1989
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"