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[[File:Fünfbrüderbild.jpg|thumbnail|right|300px|The "Five Brothers of Württemberg Pietism" are: Johannes Schnaitmann (1767–1847), Anton Egeler (1770–1850), Johann Martin Schäffer (1763–1851), Immanuel Gottlieb Kolb (1784–1859) and Johann Michael Hahn (1758–1819)]]

[[File:Fünfbrüderbild.jpg|thumbnail|right|300px|The "Five Brothers of Württemberg Pietism" are: Johannes Schnaitmann (1767–1847), Anton Egeler (1770–1850), Johann Martin Schäffer (1763–1851), Immanuel Gottlieb Kolb (1784–1859) and Johann Michael Hahn (1758–1819)]]

'''Pietism''' has roots in late 17th century German [[Lutheranism]] following the [[Protestant Reformation]]. The ongoing [[theology|theological]] disputes that were dividing [[Christianity]] into competing factions prompted some Christians to emphasize the need for a heart-felt, less intellectually oriented (less "[[Scholasticism|scholastic]]") [[faith]]. In this atmosphere, Pietism was born.

'''Pietism''' has roots in late 17th century German [[Lutheranism]] following the [[Protestant Reformation]]. Pietism is a Protestant reform movement that emphasizes [[sanctification]] (living a holy life),as a result of conversion and spiritual rebirth. Pietists believed that the [[Holy Spirit]] transforms people through conversion and that this transformation leads to sanctification. The ongoing [[theology|theological]] disputes that were dividing [[Christianity]] into competing factions prompted some Christians to emphasize the need for a heart-felt, less intellectually oriented (less "[[Scholasticism|scholastic]]") [[faith]]. In this atmosphere, Pietism was born. In The Oxford Companion to Christian Thought, Trond Enger offers a very favorable view of Pietism and describes it as "the most intense and profound attempt in the history of the church to realize the power of early Christianity."<ref>[https://divinity.uchicago.edu/sightings/articles/lessons-pietism-dr-lowell-zuck#:~:text=share%20email%20share-,Pietism%20is%20usually%20understood%20as%20a%20reform%20movement%20within%20German,in%20an%20oddly%20similar%20position. The Lessons of Pietism -- Dr. Lowell Zuck], The University of Chicago Divinity School]</ref>

The emerging theological tradition of the ''Pietist movement'' was articulated in 1675 in a key [[treatise]] entitled ''Pia Desideria'' ("Pious Desires"), written by [[Philipp Jakob Spener]]. This treatise calls on Christians to live out the implications of Luther's reformation faith, advocating a living faith of deep personal feeling which Spener and his fellow Pietists felt was absent in most Protestant churches.  

The emerging theological tradition of the ''Pietist movement'' was articulated in 1675 in a key [[treatise]] entitled ''Pia Desideria'' ("Pious Desires"), written by [[Philipp Jakob Spener]]. This treatise calls on Christians to live out the implications of Luther's reformation faith, advocating a living faith of deep personal feeling which Spener and his fellow Pietists felt was absent in most Protestant churches.