German Pietism and the Problem of Conversion

by Jonathan Strom

Book Overview

August Hermann Francke described his conversion to Pietism in gripping terms that included intense spiritual struggle, weeping, falling to his knees, and a decisive moment in which his doubt suddenly disappeared and he was "overwhelmed as with a stream of joy." His account came to exemplify Pietist conversion in the historical imagination around Pietism and religious awakening. Jonathan Strom's new interpretation challenges the paradigmatic nature...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271079355
• ISBN13: 9780271079356
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"