Abstract
<jats:p>This work centers upon Johann Jakob Schütz (1640-1690), a legal expert and lyrical poet from Frankfurt. Using newly-discovered sources, Andreas Deppermann succeeds in giving the first complete portrayal of this fascinating but almost forgotten figure of church history. Apart from Philipp Jakob Spener, Schütz can be regarded as the originator and co-founder of Pietism, the most important religious revival movement in Protestantism since the Reformation. He was the person who initiated the development of the typical characteristics of Pietism: concentration on the Bible, the emphasis on spiritual priesthood, especially in the form of private gatherings of the pious outside of the church service as well as a chiliastically influenced hope for the future.</jats:p>