About the Author:
Christian T. Collins Winn is Associate Professor of Historical and Systematic theology at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is author of "Jesus is Victor!" the Signicance of the Blumhardts for the theology of Karl Barth (2008) and Series Editor for the Blumhardt Series (Cascade Books). G. William Carlson is Professor of History and Political Science at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is the author of numerous articles on Baptist General Conference history, Swedish Pietism, religion in the Soviet Union, and comparative evangelical political thought. Christopher Gehrz is Associate Professor of History and coordinator of the Christianity and Western Culture program at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota. Eric Holst is a graduate of Bethel Seminary, with an interest in contextual theology and theories of Christian education.
Review:
The Pietist Impulse in Christianity has often been viewed as a negative stereotype of Protestantism. In this book, edited by Christian Collins Winn, Christopher Gehrz, William Carlson, and Eric Holst, a more positive assessment is given. The essays trace the origins and effects of the fast-moving reform movement, which originated with the German Lutherans.
‘...a good entre into the complex world of the Pietists in Europe and America.’ (Craig D. Atwood Church History, volume 81)
“The essays share an effort to defend Pietism from charges that the movement’s emphasis upon religious experience and regeneration frequently degenerated into individualism and anti-intellectualism, an egregious charge for authors defending and promoting pietism as the key to evangelical higher education.” (Carter Lindberg Catholic Historical Review)
[This volume] remains a good resource for selective reading based on research needs. The authors successfully dispel antiquated notions and demonstrate Pietism’s rich intellectual and theological impact throughout history. (Hoon J. Lee Reviews in Religion and Theology, Vol.21, No.1, January 2014)
One aspect of this work as a whole that makes it particularly valuable is its discussion of several German, Danish, and Swedish Pietists about whom very little has been written in English. (Andrew Kloes The Expository Times, Vol.125, No.5, February 2014)
...an excellent introductory resource into the polyphone of voices comprising pietism within protestant Christianity, and yet communicates the intricacies, nuances, and regional diversities through its collection of easily accessible essays. [...] the work is not only a helpful text for those new to the study of pietism and its impact on global Christianity, it also continues to explore the deeper - and highly nuanced - impact pietism has had on Protestantism since the reformation. (Joseph McGarry, University of Aberdeen Theological Book Review, Vol. 25, No.1, 2013)
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