German radical Pietism /
Hans Schneider ; translated by Gerald T. MacDonald.
- 1 online resource (xviii, 252 pages) : illustrations.
- Revitalization: explorations in world Christian movements Pietist and Wesleyan studies ; number 22 .
- Revitalization: explorations in world Christian movements. Pietist and Wesleyan studies ; no. 22. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-248) and index.
Part I. German Radical Pietism in the Seventeenth Century: -- 1. The roots, origin, and terminology of radical pietism: -- Existential fear and an eschatological worldview -- Social background and social behavior -- 2. Outline of the developments in the seventeenth century: -- Early separatism -- The exodus from Babylon in the 1690s -- The anticipation of an eschatological turning point -- Part II. German Radical Pietism in the Eighteenth Century: -- 3. The Petersens and the early period of the Philadelphian movement in Germany: -- The Philadelphian movement in Germany -- The Petersens -- 4. Reconciliation with the church?: Arnold, Horch, König: -- Gottfried Arnold (1666-1704) -- Johann Heinrich Horch (1652-1729) -- Samuel König (1671-1750) -- 5. The separatists in Wittgenstein and in the Wetterau -- 6. Divergent expressions: -- The Mother Eva Society -- The New Baptists of Schwarzenau -- Prophetic loners -- The Inspirationists (Communities of True Inspiration) -- Johann Konrad Dippel (1673-1734) -- The separatists in Frankfurt am Main -- 7. Berleburg and the late flowering of the Philadelphian movement: -- Johann Friedrich Haug (1680-1753) and the Berleburg Bible -- Johann Samuel Carl (1676-1757) and the "news of the Spirit" -- Christoph Seebach (1675-1745) and Victor Christoph Tuchtfeld (d. after 1752) -- Summary and outlook -- Part III. German Radical Pietism in Recent Research: -- 8. Historical development of the terminology related to pietism -- 9. Two interpretive models and the implications for radical pietism research: Hirsch and Schmidt: -- Emmanuel Hirsch (1888-1972) -- Martin Schmidt (1909-1982) -- A comparison of Hirsch and Schmidt -- F. Ernest Stoeffler (1911-2003) -- Radical? Pietist? : unity and disunity between church and radical pietism -- 10. Hirsch and Schmidt reprise: fundamental problems, state of research.