Noun
The principle or practice of the Pietists.
Strict devotion; also, affectation of devotion.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAccording to the Merton Thesis there was a positive correlation between the rise of Puritanism and Protestant Pietism on the one hand and early experimental science on the other. Source: Internet
During this spiritual crisis, John Wesley was directly influenced by Pietism. Source: Internet
Kierkegaard, pietism and holiness, p. 156. Hubert Dreyfus and Jane Rubin argue that Kierkegaard's interest, "in an increasingly nihilistic age, is in how we can recover the sense that our lives are meaningful". Source: Internet
Pietism was sweeping German countries. citation Evangelicalism was waxing strong in England. Source: Internet
The stirrings of pietism on the Continent, and evangelicalism in Britain expanded enormously, leading the devout away from an emphasis on formality and ritual and toward an inner sensibility toward personal relationship to Christ. Source: Internet
Bismarck soon adopted his wife's pietism, and he remained a devout Pietist Lutheran for the rest of his life. Source: Internet