Tonight at 7:30, Roger Olson will give his plenary lecture. For the full schedule of events, click here.Donald Dayton
“Why Study Pietism?: The Significance of the Pietist Impulse in Christianity”Emilie Griffin
"We of the Broken Body: Toward a Piety of Hope and Reconciliation”Shirley Mullen
“The ‘Strangely Warmed’ Mind: John Wesley, Piety, and Higher Education”Roger Olson
“Pietism: Myths and Realities”Jonathan Strom
“The Challenge of Pietism for the Ministry and the Laity”
And all shall be well and / All manner of thing shall be well / When the tongues of flame are in-folded / Into the crowned knot of fire / And the fire and the rose are one. — T.S. Eliot
Friday, March 20, 2009
Pietism Conference at Bethel University
Currently, Bethel University is hosting a conference on pietism with the theme: “The Pietist Impulse in Christianity.” The conference began yesterday and ends tomorrow. The plenary lectures are:
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Well, how did this shake down? I'd have been most interested in Olson's lecture, given my general suspicion of pietism (not piety).
Do you feel some kind of kinship with the pietists, David?
Of course! I grew up in the evangelical pietist tradition. I'm a descendant of Jonathan Blanchard.
That doesn't mean I consider myself a pietist. But I definitely have a strong kinship with pietism.
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