Pietism and the Sacraments: The Life and Theology of August Hermann Francke

by Peter James Yoder

Considered by many to be one of the most influential German Pietists, August Hermann Francke lived during a moment when an emphasis on conversion was beginning to produce small shifts in how the sacraments were defined--a harbinger of later, more dramatic changes to come in evangelical theology. In this book, Peter James Yoder uses Francke and his theology as a case study for the ecclesiological stirrings that led to the rise of evangelicalism...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271088001
• ISBN13: 9780271088006
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"