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Contrary to common belief, aesthetics had an important function in ritual forms implemented by Reformed Calvinist Churches. The impact of aesthetics on Reformed piety rested less on images, considered to be a source of distraction, than on music. By reconsidering the evolution of Calvin's thoughts on the relationship between music and religious services between 1536 and 1543, this study reveals how Calvin came to consider that, by singing psalms, Christians in their devotion could conciliate both a cognitive process guided by the meaning of the words and an affective response triggered by the tune. For Calvin, the spiritual elevation to which religious services should lead was to emerge from the conjunction of these two impetuses.

Piety and sociability in early modern women's devotional writing

The letters of early modern women demonstrate that their experience of religion was essentially social, contrary to the impression created by much modern work on diaries or meditations. The stereotypical melancholic, pious lady is far from the ideal offered by spiritual advisors, women and men, in their correspondence. Letters demonstrate how women created networks of spiritual support within and beyond their families. Letters also testify to the agency exercised by early modern women in religious matters, particularly in their assumption of the role of religious advisor and in their engagement with ecclesiastical politics. While this is far from showing that religion empowered all early modern women, it does offer a corrective to the unduly gloomy view of the role of religion in such women's lives. Letters provide indispensable testimony to the social nature of women's responses to the changing religious culture and politics of the eighteenth century.

Types of Jewish-Palestinian piety : from 70 B.C.E. to 70 C.E. ; the ancient pious men

by Adolph Büchler

Patriotism and piety. The speeches of His Excellency Caleb Strong, esq., to the Senate and House of representatives of the commonwealth of Massachusetts; with their answers; and other official publick papers of His Excellency, from 1800 to 1807.

Mode of access: Internet.

The parent's monitor, and teacher's assistant; consisting of biographical sketches, and observations on religious education and personal piety.

Mode of access: Internet.

Parent's monitor: or,Narratives, anecdotes, and observations on religious education and personal piety; designed for the instruction and encouragement of parents, guardians, and teachers. In three parts /

Shaw & Shoemaker (1829): 37698.

Friends' miscellany: being a collection of essays and fragments, biographical, religious, epistolary, narrative and historical; designed for the promotion of piety and virtue ...

Mode of access: Internet.

Advice to a young Christian on the importance of aiming at an elevated standard of piety /

Mode of access: Internet.

Omar and Zemira; an Eastern tale, founded on the piety of the Asiatics.

Pref. signed: J. Yeo.

The Classic of Filial Piety, Chapter 12, The Fundamental Way

Li Gonglin; H: 8 5/8 in.; handscroll, ink on silk

Views of Christian truth, piety, and morality : selected from the writings of Dr. Priestley : with a memoir of his life /

Mode of access: Internet.

Practical piety, or, The influence of religion of the heart on the conduct of the life.

Mode of access: Internet.