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- The Practice of Piety: Puritan Devotional Disciplines in Seventeenth-Century New England
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: The University of North Carolina Press
- Series: Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia
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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 progress from birth to death to rebirth and eternal glory. Puritan worship brought together college student and illiterate farmer, giving coherence to the community.
Table of Contents
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- Illustrations
- pp. xiii-xiv
- 2. "The Better Part: Heart Religion"
- pp. 23-53
- 3. Puritan as Pilgrim
- pp. 54-90
- 4. The Ordinances of Public Worship
- pp. 93-135
- 6. Private Devotion: Secret Exercises
- pp. 156-194
- Part III. "Constant Preparation for Glory"
- pp. 195-196
- 7. Pilgrimage as Preparation
- pp. 197-241
- 9. The Puritan Contemplative
- pp. 278-288
- General Index
- pp. 289-296
- Index of Biblical References
- pp. 297-298
Additional Information
ISBN
9781469611310
Related ISBN(s)
9780807815182, 9780807841457, 9781469600048, 9798890864512
MARC Record
OCLC
1082876038
Pages
320
Launched on MUSE
2019-01-21
Language
English
Open Access
No
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