虔信派

They lacked the Calvinistic view of God's sovereignty over all of life and so preached what some call a "pietistic" Christianity, one that concentrates on my faith in God, my feelings, and my personal life, but has little to say about the transformation of all of society by God's word.

他们缺乏加尔文派所持「神之主权高于生活的一切」之观点，因此传讲某些人所称的「虔信派」基督教，专注在我对神的信心、我的感觉、及我的个人生活，但是很少提到神的话对整个社会的改造。

They were an ever shifting crowd of people of all castes and creeds: Hindus and Brahmos, Vaishnavas and Saktas, the educated with university degrees and the illiterate, old and young, maharajas and beggars, journalists and artists, pundits and devotees, philosophers and the worldly-minded, jnanis and yogis, men of action and men of faith, virtuous women and prostitutes, office-holders and vagabonds, philanthropists and self-seekers, dramatists and drunkards, builders-up and pullers-down.

他们是一群流动人群，来自所有种姓和教派：印度教和梵天派，毗瑟奴派和性力派，包括有受过大学教育的人和文盲；老人和年轻人；王公和乞丐；记者和艺术家；梵文学者和奉献者；哲学家和营求名利的人；智者和瑜伽士；行动型的人和虔信型的人；贞洁的妇女和妓女；政府官员和流浪汉；慈善家和利己主义者；剧作家和醉汉。

They lacked the Calvinistic view of God's sovereignty over all of life and so preached what some call a "pietistic" Christianity, one that concentrates on my faith in God, my feelings, and my personal life, but has little to say about the transformation of all of society by God's word.

他们缺乏加尔文派所持「神之主权高於生活的一切」之观点，因此传讲某些人所称的「虔信派」基督教，专注在我对神的信心、我的感觉、及我的个人生活，但是很少提到神的话对整个社会的改造。

Whether among German Pietists, the followers of John Wesley into Methodism, or any number of Roman Catholic or Protestant movements of devotion, there grew the notion that the theologians would never find the essence of Christianity.

不管是德国的虔信派信徒，还是约翰卫斯理的卫理公会追随者，或者是罗马天主教还是新教虔信运动的成员，都助长着一种观念，那就是神学家无法找到基督教的本质。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。