pietism

The difference was that he could not imagine finding that experience within Pietism.

His faith was grounded in personal Pietism, a doctrine that ignored the political origins of injustice.

Though he might not have recognised the label, Bach’s faith falls within the movement known as German Pietism, which reached its high-water mark in his lifetime.

Amid the religious movements of the beginning of the century Pietism gained a decided advantage.

In 1746 the reign of Pietism came to an end on the death of Christian VI.