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  Pietist Option : Hope For The Renewal Of Christ

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  Introduction: “Come Back To Jesus”

  Part I: Christianity In The Early Twenty-First Century
  1. What’s Wrong?
  2. Hoping For Better Times

  Part II: Proposals For Renewal
  3. A More Extensive Listening To The Word Of God
  4. The Common Priesthood For The Common Good
  5. Christianity As Life
  6. The Irenic Spirit: Unity, Mission, And Witness
  7. Whole-Person, Whole-Life Formation
  8. Proclaiming The Good News

  Benediction: “Like A Tree Planted By Water”
  Appendix: Learn More About Pietism
  Study Guide
  Notes
  Name Index
  Scripture Index

  Additional Info
  Historian Mark Noll has written that historic Pietism “breathed a badly needed vitality” into post-Reformation Europe. Now the time has come for Pietism to revitalize Christianity in post-Christendom America.

  In The Pietist Option, Christopher Gehrz, a historian of Pietism, and Mark Pattie, a pastor in the Pietist tradition, show how Pietism holds great promise for the church-and the world-today. Modeled after Philipp Spener’s 1675 classic, Pia Desideria, this timely book makes a case for the vitality of Pietism in our day.

  Taking a hard look at American evangelicalism and why it needs renewal, Gehrz and Pattie explore the resources that Pietism can provide the church of the twenty-first century. This concise and winsome volume serves as a practical guide to the Pietist ethos for life and ministry, pointing us toward the renewal so many long for.

  The Pietist Option introduces Pietism to those who don’t know it-and reintroduces it to those who perceive it as an outdated and inward-focused spirituality, a nitpicking divisiveness, or an anti-intellectual withdrawal. With its emphasis on our walk with Jesus and its vibrant hope for a better future, Pietism connects decisively with the ideas and issues of our day. Here is a revitalizing option for all who desire to be faithful and fruitful in God’s mission.

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