Pietism in Germany and North America 1680-1820

by James Van Horn Melton and Hartmut Lehmann

This collection explores different approaches to contextualizing and conceptualizing the history of Pietism, particularly German-speaking Pietistic groups who migrated to the British colonies in North America during the long eighteenth century. Emerging in the seventeenth century, Pietism was closely related to Puritanism, sharing similar evangelical and heterogeneous characteristics. The importance of Pietism in shaping Protestant society and culture...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138382701
• ISBN13: 9781138382701
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"