The Practice of Piety
Puritan Devotional Disciplines in Seventeenth-Century New England
Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, Colonial Period (1600-1775), Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Church, Church History
| Author: | Charles E. Hambrick-Stowe | ISBN: | 9781469600048 |
| Publisher: | Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press | Publication: | April 1, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Charles E. Hambrick-Stowe |
| ISBN: | 9781469600048 |
| Publisher: | Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press |
| Publication: | April 1, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
