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Puritanism vs Pietism - What's the difference?

puritanism | pietism |

As nouns the difference between puritanism and pietism

is that puritanism is strict and austere religious conduct while pietism is a movement in the Lutheran church in the 17th and 18th centuries, calling for a return to practical and devout Christianity.

puritanism

English

Noun

  • (theology) strict and austere religious conduct

    • pietism

    English

    (wikipedia 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.