Pietism vs Pietist - What's the difference?
pietism | pietist |
(Christianity, often capitalized) A movement in the Lutheran church in the 17th and 18th centuries, calling for a return to practical and devout Christianity.
*2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 739:
*:From its earliest days, Pietism was intimately bound up with education.