The Practice of Piety
Author : Lewis Bayly
Publisher :
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 34,40 MB
Release : 1669
Category : Christian life
ISBN :
The Practice of Piety
Author : Charles E. Hambrick-Stowe
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 47,5 MB
Release : 2013-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1469600048
Book Description
A moving and vivid account of what it meant to be a Puritan, this account draws on diaries, spiritual biographies, and devotional manuals to explore the daily and weekly ritual and discipline. The devotional movement was at the heart of Puritanism, and the spiritual pilgrimage was the soul's progress from birth to death to rebirth and eternal glory. Puritan worship brought together college student and illiterate farmer, giving coherence to the community.
The Christian Moral Life
Author : Timothy F. Sedgwick
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 27,32 MB
Release : 2008-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 159627204X
Book Description
“A book to enjoy and savour. . . . As a gentle and reverent depiction of whole practice of Anglican moral theology and practice, it is splendid.”—The Anglican Theological Review Written in a style accessible to non-specialists, this book provides teachers, pastors, counselors, and general readers with an ideal introduction to Christian ethics. It renews the topic of Christian ethics by showing readers that faithful moral living is achieved through the daily practices of grace and godliness. The author first explores the foundations of Christian ethics as seen by both Catholics and Protestants, and then develops a constructive view of morality as a way of life. Taking into account the central themes of Christian ethics, he shows that effective piety is built on spiritual disciplines that deepen our experience of God: prayer, worship, self-examination, simplicity, and acts of hospitality.
Filial Piety
Author : Charlotte Ikels
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 34,42 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0804747911
Book Description
How have rapid industrial development and the aging of the population affected the expression of filial piety in East Asia? Eleven experienced fieldworkers take a fresh look at an old idea, analyzing contemporary behavior, not norms, among both rural and urban families in China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. Each chapter presents rich ethnographic data on how filial piety shapes the decisions and daily lives of adult children and their elderly parents. The authors ability to speak the local languages and their long-term, direct contact with the villagers and city dwellers they studied lend an immediacy and authenticity lacking in more abstract treatments of the topic. This book is an ideal text for social science and humanities courses on East Asia because it focuses on shared cultural practices while analyzing the ways these practices vary with local circumstances of history, economics, social organization, and demography and with personal circumstances of income, gender, and family configuration.
Power of Popular Piety
Author : Ambrose Mong
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 35,25 MB
Release : 2019-03-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1532656459
Book Description
This book examines the ambivalence of folk Catholicism as a resource to fight against injustice, exploitation, and oppression. Cases are cited to illuminate the value and potential trespasses of popular religious beliefs and practices. Over centuries, representatives of the powerful middle and upper middle classes did not hesitate to manipulate popular piety to protect their power and privileges. In fact, much of popular religion still reflects the dominant ideology. Popular piety has the potential for liberation against unjust social and economic structures. When properly guided, this practice can broaden and deepen political consciousness and mobilize people to act. Without a strong level of political consciousness as well as liberative evangelization, popular religion will be alienating to the poor while strengthening the status quo of the rich and the powerful. This study argues that it will be the elites, the well-educated and committed Christians, not the masses, who would foster the transformation of society.
The Memory Arts in Renaissance England
Author : William E. Engel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 43,43 MB
Release : 2016-08-18
Category : Art
ISBN : 1107086817
Book Description
Anthology of a selection of early modern works on memory.
The Practice of Piety
Author : Lewis Bayly
Publisher : Soli Deo Gloria Publications
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 50,25 MB
Release : 2019-02-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781601786685
Book Description
The Practice of Piety is filled with scriptural and practical guidelines on the pursuit of holy living. Bayly begins his work with "a plain description of God in His essence, person, and attributes," understanding this to be the basis for piety; every grace that sinners need springs from the gracious character of God. He emphasizes the necessity of true faith and holy living, and explains how to attain and maintain readiness for Christ's second advent. Bayly then shows how to overcome obstacles to the pious life, stresses how piety is to be cultivated, and offers wise advice on the spiritual disciplines. He shows how to guide our thoughts, words, and actions in times of health as well as in times of sickness and affliction. He even provides directives to protect us from despair and the fear of death. In short, this is a book about how to live godly and die well.
The Practice of Piety ... The 35 edition
Author : Lewis BAYLY (Bishop of Bangor.)
Publisher :
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 26,34 MB
Release : 1684
Category :
ISBN :
Book Description
Politics of Piety
Author : Saba Mahmood
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 12,62 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0691149801
Book Description
An analysis of Islamist cultural politics through the ethnography of a thriving, grassroots women's piety movement in the mosques of Cairo, Egypt. Unlike those organized Islamist activities that seek to seize or transform the state, this is a moral reform movement whose orthodox practices are commonly viewed as inconsequential to Egypt's political landscape. The author's exposition of these practices challenges this assumption by showing how the ethical and the political are linked within the context of such movements.
The Causes of the decay of christian piety
Author : Richard Allestree
Publisher :
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 16,13 MB
Release : 1667
Category :
ISBN :
