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Pietism vs Pietistic - What's the difference?

pietism | pietistic |

As a noun pietism

is a movement in the Lutheran church in the 17th and 18th centuries, calling for a return to practical and devout Christianity.

As an adjective pietistic is

pertaining to pietism, especially that associated with Luther and his followers; excessively pious.

pietism

Noun

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  • (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.
  • pietistic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to pietism, especially that associated with (Luther) and his followers; excessively pious.
  • *1999 , Joyce Crick, translating Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams , I:
  • *:Quite apart from all the pietistic and mystical writers [...] we also encounter clear-sighted men averse to the fantastic who use this very inexplicability of the phenomena of dreams in their endeavours to support their religious belief in the existence and intervention of superhuman powers.