The Practice of Piety : Puritan Devotional Disciplines in Seventeenth-Century New England /

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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 pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hambrick-Stowe, Charles E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2019
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Puritans > New England.
Spiritual life > Christianity > History of doctrines > 17th century.
New England > Religious life and customs.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • New England devotional practice: four vignettes
  • "The better part: heart religion"
  • Puritan as pilgrim
  • The ordinances of public worship
  • Private devotion: neighborhood, family, conference
  • Private devotion: secret exercises
  • Pilgrimage as preparation
  • "The travelling interest of Christ in this wilderness": the devotional crisis of the second generation
  • The Puritan contemplative.

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