Pietists Selected Writings

Name: Pietists Selected Writings
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ISBN: 9780060754709

ISBN-10: 0060754702

ISBN-13: 9780060754709

Edition: 2006

Authors: HarperCollins Spiritual HarperCollins Spiritual Classics, Phyllis Tickle, HarperCollins Spiritual Classics Staff

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Although the Pietism movement was relatively brief, its long-standing influence can be seen in many aspects of our intellectual, political, and religious culture today. Originating in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, Pietism eventually affected Lutheran, Reformed, and Wesleyan churches throughout Europe and North America, forever changing the face of Christianity. Preaching, which had previously been dense theological discourse, suddenly became directed toward the moral and religious life of the people in the pews. For the first time, congregants desired to expand their spiritual lives-and devotional writing was born. The Pietists' emphasis on conversion through personal…

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List price: $12.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 8/22/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.44" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

The HarperCollins Spiritual Classics series presents short, accessible introductions to the foundational works that shaped Western religious thought and culture. This series seeks to find new readers for these dynamic spiritual voices -- voices that have changed lives throughout the centuries and still can today.



Foreword







Selections from The Spiritual Priesthood


Selections from The Necessary and Useful Reading of the Holy Scriptures


Selections from God-Pleasing Prayer


Selections from Christian Joy






Selections from The Autobiography


Selections from The Foretaste of Eternal Life






Hymns from the Spiritual Songbook






Selections from the Daily Handbook for Days of Joy and Sorrow






Selections from The Mystery of the Divine Sophia


Selections from History and the Description of Mystical Theology


Selections from Selected Poems






Selections from Spiritual Letters


Selections from Spiritual Flower Garden






Selections from A Confession of Faith


Selections from On Enlightenment


Selections from Biblical and Emblematic Dictionary






Selections from Selected Hymns


Selections from Brotherly Union and Agreement at Herrnhut