pietistic

Not idealistic or pietistic brotherhood but the sort linked with respect for cultures, with solidarity, with patience first and the promotion of difference later.
Une fraternité non idéaliste, non piétiste, mais conjuguée avec le respect des cultures, avec la solidarité, avec la patience d’abord et la promotion de la diversité ensuite.
A battle fought with modern weapons and tactics, resorting sometimes in the world of young people to slang and crowd-pleasing or to backing pietistic movements and brotherhoods traditionally ill regarded by the hierarchy.
Une bataille menée aussi avec des instruments et des techniques modernes. Il recourt ainsi parfois au slang, fait des clins d’œil au monde des jeunes ou met en valeur des mouvements et des confraternités de piété traditionnellement mal vues de la hiérarchie.
Nonetheless, we cannot deny that there have been Christians, and not a few, choosing a pietistic way and giving themselves over too much to thought about the future life, abandoning their social responsibilities.
Nous ne pouvons cependant exclure qu’il y ait eu un certain nombre de chrétiens qui, pensant beaucoup au monde futur, aient choisi une voie piétiste, abandonnant leurs devoirs sociaux.
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