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Pietism is increasingly recognized as the most important movement
in Protestant Christianity since the Reformation of the sixteenth
century. Simply put, early Protestant reformers were concerned with
reforming the doctrine and beliefs of Christians whereas the
Pietiest leaders were concerned with reforming the lives and
behavior of Christians. This, coupled with other disagreements, led
to calls for separation, which in turn gave rise to the movement
best described as radical Pietism. German Radical Pietism
introduces the English reader to the research of the major
contemporary scholar of radical Pietism, Hans Schneider. Originally
appearing in the comprehensive study of the history of Pietism that
appeared in the 1990s, Schneider's research considers historical
treatment of the major figures, movements, and ideas of the radical
wing of German Pietism in the seventeenth and early eighteenth
centuries. These developments are set in their historical and
social contexts, thereby providing the first definitive treatment
in English of this movement as a whole. Radical Pietism's seminal
role in the emergence of modern religious communities_including
Quakers, Brethren, and precursors of contemporary United Methodism,
as well as a range of perfectionist communities in early American
history_has only begun to be adequately assessed, and this study
should be a critical resource in furthering that research. This
work is one of the few studies available in English that addresses
the important German historical work on Pietism from the late
twentieth century. A definitive bibliography of recent research in
radical Pietism is included to provide further reading on this
important topic.
Die Wirkungen des Pietismus als der wichtigsten Reformbewegung des
deutschen Protestantismus, der im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert die
Mehrheit der Bevoelkerung erfasst hat, auf die deutschsprachige
Literatur zwischen Sturm und Drang und Romantik sind in Umrissen
erforscht und bekannt. Sie erklaren grundlegende Unterschiede
gegenuber den europaischen Nachbarkulturen, die spezifische
Eigenart der deutschen Aufklarung, erste Anstoesse zu
konfessioneller Toleranz, auch gegenuber den Juden, Traditionen
empfindsamer Innigkeit, Herzenssprache und inspirativ-ekstatischer
Poetologie. Gegenuber den theologischen sind aber
literaturwissenschaftliche Zugriffe auf das pietistische Schrifttum
selbst, auf die pietistische Lyrik, die Lebenszeugnisse,
Bibelubersetzungen, auf die pietistische Sondersprache und ihre
Argumente, noch rar. Eine Auswahl einschlagiger Pilotstudien des
auf diesem Feld mannigfach hervorgetretenen Genfer Germanisten aus
den letzten 30 Jahren, von dreien seiner vormals Goettinger Schuler
neu vorgelegt, soll dazu dienen, dieses Defizit zu verringern. Das
Verhaltnis zur Aufklarung wird neu vermessen, Gedichte so
eigengepragter Autoren wie Hoburg, Haug, Rock, Zinzendorf und
Tersteegen lassen erkennen, dass starkste literarische Anregungen
vom radikalen Flugel des Pietismus und seinen hermetischen
Traditionen ausgehen. Charakteristische Gattungen, Denkvorgaben und
Sprachpragungen werden analysiert, christlich-judische und
deutsch-amerikanische Interaktionen reflektiert, und der Blick wird
gelenkt auf oft ubersehene literaturgeschichtliche Zusammenhange.
Pietism is increasingly recognized as the most important movement
in Protestant Christianity since the Reformation of the sixteenth
century. Simply put, early Protestant reformers were concerned with
reforming the doctrine and beliefs of Christians whereas the
Pietiest leaders were concerned with reforming the lives and
behavior of Christians. This, coupled with other disagreements, led
to calls for separation, which in turn gave rise to the movement
best described as radical Pietism. German Radical Pietism
introduces the English reader to the research of the major
contemporary scholar of radical Pietism, Hans Schneider. Originally
appearing in the comprehensive study of the history of Pietism that
appeared in the 1990s, Schneider's research considers historical
treatment of the major figures, movements, and ideas of the radical
wing of German Pietism in the seventeenth and early eighteenth
centuries. These developments are set in their historical and
social contexts, thereby providing the first definitive treatment
in English of this movement as a whole. Radical Pietism's seminal
role in the emergence of modern religious communities including
Quakers, Brethren, and precursors of contemporary United Methodism,
as well as a range of perfectionist communities in early American
history has only begun to be adequately assessed, and this study
should be a critical resource in furthering that research. This
work is one of the few studies available in English that addresses
the important German historical work on Pietism from the late
twentieth century. A definitive bibliography of recent research in
radical Pietism is included to provide further reading on this
important topic.
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