2011-06-27T16:37:04-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/pietism/ http://chitorch.org/index.php/chm/seventeenth-century/pietism/ 2011-06-27T16:37:04-05:00 A spiritual hunger grew in reaction to the coldness and formalism of the Protestant state churches. Drawing from diverse roots, Pietism emerged as a quest to apply Reformation doctrine to personal life. From Christian History magazine.