02916nam 2200601 450 991082684480332120200520144314.0979-88-908645-1-21-4696-0004-81-4696-1131-7(CKB)3710000000448670(EBL)4322187(OCoLC)1082876038(MdBmJHUP)muse66554(Au-PeEL)EBL4322187(CaPaEBR)ebr11149896(CaONFJC)MIL929255(OCoLC)935259704(MiAaPQ)EBC4322187(EXLCZ)99371000000044867020160205h19821982 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe practice of piety Puritan devotional disciplines in seventeenth-century New England /Charles E. Hambrick-StoweChapel Hill, [North Carolina] :The University of North Carolina Press,1982.©19821 online resource (315 p.)Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, VirginiaIncludes indexes.0-8078-4145-5 0-8078-1518-7 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.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.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.Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, VirginiaSpiritual lifeChristianityHistory of doctrines17th centuryPuritansNew EnglandNew EnglandReligious life and customsSpiritual lifeChristianityHistory of doctrinesPuritans248.40974Hambrick-Stowe Charles E.700109Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826844803321The practice of piety4021906UNINA