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Almost all of the various ''Brethren'' assemblies and churches formed since the 18th century follow a Pietist theology.

Almost all of the various ''Brethren'' assemblies and churches formed since the 18th century follow a Pietist theology.

Pietism discourages involvement in the public arena of civic and political action and reform, emphasizing that one's faith is to be kept solely a ''personal'' and ''private'' matter, unstained and apart from the concerns of the world, setting "''your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.''" ([http://www.biblehub.com/commentaries/colossians/3-2.htm Colossians 3:2]) This is also the primary emphasis of the current [[liberal]] and [[atheist]]ic American political view of the place of religion in the United States.

Pietism discourages involvement in the public arena of civic and political action and reform, emphasizing that one's faith is to be kept solely a ''personal'' and ''private'' matter, unstained and apart from the concerns of the world, setting "''your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.''" ([http://www.biblehub.com/commentaries/colossians/3-2.htm Colossians 3:2]) This is also the primary emphasis of the current [[liberal]] and [[Atheist agenda|atheistic]] American political view of the place of religion in the United States.

==See also==

==See also==