Pietism
A living tradition within Lutheranism. The disagreements in the sources are shown rather than settled.
Pietism is a living tradition within Lutheranism.
Origin
Founder named in the sources: Philipp Jakob Spener. Founding date given as 1675. A reform movement within German Lutheranism. Britannica dates its beginning to 1675, when the Frankfurt pastor Philipp Jakob Spener published Pia Desideria (Pious Desires), calling for greater lay use of scripture, practical fruits of faith, and ministerial training emphasising piety over intellectuality. Spener had already begun his collegia pietatis, devotional gatherings for prayer and Bible study.
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Citation
English
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John Shaqi. “Pietism.” English version. 11 August 2026. https://johnshaqi.com/articles/sect-pietism.
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note = {Accessed n.d.}
}The word count is counted from this edition. The minute estimate uses 238 words a minute, the silent reading rate for English non-fiction reported by Brysbaert (2019). The Urdu, Hindi and Roman Urdu editions carry a word count and no estimate, because no comparable rate has been published for those scripts.