The Pietist Theologians
An Introduction to Theology in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
The Great Theologians
1. Edition September 2004
304 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
A comprehensive introduction to the Pietist theologians of the
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in Puritan England, Pietist
Europe and Colonial America.
* * Provides a comprehensive introduction to the Pietist
theologians of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
* Demonstrates the influence that Pietism had on the religious,
cultural and social life of the time.
* Explores the lasting effects Pietism has had on modern theology
and modern culture.
* Presents both Protestant and Catholic theologians in Puritan
England, Pietist Europe and Colonial America.
* Focuses on women as well as men.
* Features up-to-date research and commentary by an international
group of leading scholars.
Notes on Contributors.
List of Abbreviations.
Introduction: Carter Lindberg.
1. Johann Arndt (1555-1621): Johannes Wallmann
(Ruhr-Universität).
2. William Perkins (1558-1602): Raymond Blacketer.
3. Lewis Bayly (?-1631) and Richard Baxter (1615-1691): Carl
Trueman (Westminster Theological Seminary).
4. Paul Gerhardt (c. 1607-1676): Christian Bunners (Historischen
Kommission zur Erforschung des Pietismus).
5. Philip Jakob Spener (1635-1705): K. James Stein
(Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary).
6. August Hermann Francke (1663-1727): Markus Matthias
(Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg).
7. Cotton Mather (1663-1728): Richard Lovelace (Gordon-Conwell
Theological Seminary).
8. Jane Ward Leade (1624-1704) and the Philadelphians: Donald
Durnbaugh (Bethany Theological Seminary).
9. Johanna Eleonora Petersen (1644-1724): Martin H. Jung
(University of Osnabrück).
10. Madame Guyon (1648-1717): Patricia A. Ward (Vanderbilt
University).
11. Gottfried Arnold (1666-1714) : Peter C. Erb (Wilfrid Laurier
University).
12. Gerhard Tersteegen (1697-1769): Hansgünter Ludewig.
13. Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf (1700-1760) : Peter Vogt.
14. Johann Albrecht Bengel (1687-1752): Hermann Ehmer
(University of Tübingen).
15. Friedrich Christoph Oetinger (1702-1782): Martin
Weyer-Menkoff (Institut für Theologie und
Religionspädagogik, Pädagogische Hochschule
Schwäbisch Gmünd).
16. John Wesley (1703-1791): David Hempton (Boston
University).
Glossary.
Index
writings on Christian living." Reformed Theological Journal
"In all, this is a superb collection of essays that will become
indispensable for teaching Pietism and Protestantism in the
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It is the best introduction
to Pietism in English available today." Lutheran
Quarterly
"A most valuable resource for the study of Pietism, which
brings out its international, cross-cultural and many-sided
influence on Protestant Christianity." Theology