Pietism

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Protestant movement religious movement

Pietism is a movement within Protestant Christianity that emphasizes personal faith, heartfelt devotion, moral renewal, and practical piety over formal doctrine and institutional structures.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Lutheran Pietism 1
Pietist Lutheranism 1
Radical Pietism 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Protestant movement ⓘ
religious movement ⓘ
associatedWith August Hermann Francke ⓘ
Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf ⓘ
Philipp Jakob Spener ⓘ
branchOf Pietism self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lutheran Pietism

Pietism self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Radical Pietism

Pietism self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Reformed Pietism
criticizes dead orthodoxy ⓘ
purely intellectual religion ⓘ
developedInCity Frankfurt am Main ⓘ
Halle (Saale) ⓘ
surface form: Halle
downplays formal doctrine ⓘ
institutional structures ⓘ
emphasizes heartfelt devotion ⓘ
moral renewal ⓘ
personal faith ⓘ
practical piety ⓘ
foundedBy Philipp Jakob Spener ⓘ
hasTheologicalEmphasis assurance of salvation ⓘ
new birth ⓘ
priesthood of all believers ⓘ
sanctification ⓘ
historicalPeriod Early modern period ⓘ
influenced Evangelicalism ⓘ
Lutheranism ⓘ
Methodism ⓘ
Moravian Church in America ⓘ
surface form: Moravian Church

Christian missionary movements ⓘ
surface form: Protestant missions movement

small group practices in churches ⓘ
influencedPerson Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf ⓘ
surface form: Count Zinzendorf

Henry Muhlenberg ⓘ
surface form: Henry Melchior Muhlenberg

John Wesley ⓘ
keyWork Pia Desideria ⓘ
originatedInCentury 17th century ⓘ
originatedInCountry Germany ⓘ
originatedWithin Lutheranism ⓘ
peakInfluenceCentury 18th century ⓘ
promotedAtInstitution Francke Foundations ⓘ
University of Halle NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Protestant Christianity ⓘ
spreadToCountry Netherlands ⓘ
Scandinavia ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
stresses Bible reading ⓘ
conversion experience ⓘ
education and schools ⓘ
holy living ⓘ
lay participation ⓘ
practical charity ⓘ
small group meetings ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pietism → branchOf → Pietism self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lutheran Pietism
Pietism → branchOf → Pietism self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reformed Pietism
Pietism → branchOf → Pietism self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Radical Pietism
Lutheranism → hasSubtradition → Pietism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pietist Lutheranism
Great Awakening → influencedBy → Pietism ⓘ
John Wesley → influencedBy → Pietism ⓘ
Johann Georg Hamann → movement → Pietism ⓘ