10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEVOTIONALITY»
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devotionality in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
devotionality and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Sermon Bible: Psalm LXXVII to Song of Solomon
There is a saying of Clough to which I take exception, and I quote it because it
may represent the conclusion of more minds than the writer's : " The belief that
religion is, or in any way requires, devotionality, is, if not the most noxious, at
least the ...
2
Christian and Lyric Tradition in Victorian Women’s Poetry
For all these reasons, devotion may loosen ties to authoritative rubrics and
present provocative possibilities for self-determination.8 Further, the growth of
devotionality in the Victorian period (given its emphasis on conduct and
relationship) ...
In the fine sermon in defence of ' devotionality ' as a frame of mind, written mainly
by way of reply to the late Mr. Clough's paradoxical remark, that "the belief that
religion is, or in any way requires, devotionality, is, if not the most noxious, at
least ...
4
Spirituality: Forms, Foundations, Methods
81 Devotionality is part of the broader complex of a folk religiosity which as a rule
is judged in equally pejorative terms: an impassive reservoir of passive,
conservative, anti-intellectual, feeling-governed, pragmatic and everlastingly
pagan ...
5
Arthur Hugh Clough: A Poet's Life
The object of his polemic, Clough insists, is not religion but 'devotionality'; 'The
belief', he says 'that religion is, or in any way requires, devotionality, is, if not the
most noxious, at least the most obstinate form of irreligion' (PPR, I, 299).
6
Kindergarten Primary Magazine
Yet her devotionality assumed a practical form. She was ever catching some
word of truth. Yet she was ever in action. "Her practical Christian service most
distinguished her. Like the Master, she was going about doing good. She was a
servant ...
7
The Poems and Prose Remains of Arthur Hugh Clough: With a ...
The belief that religion is, or in any way requires, devotionality, is, if not the most
noxious, at least the most obstinate form of //religion ; if not the wide wasting
epidemic of a season, it is the permanent ineradicable phthisis inherent in
climate ...
Arthur Hugh Clough, Blanche (Smith) Clough ("Mrs. A.H. Clough".), 1869
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The Kindergarten-primary Magazine
Yet her devotionality assumed a practical form. She was ever catching some
word of truth. Yet she was ever in action. " Her practical Christian service most
distinguished her. Like the Master, she was going about doing good. She was a ...
Bertha Johnston, E. Lyell Earle, 1897
9
The Religious Quests of the Graeco-Roman World: A Study in ...
They, on the whole, preferred to suggest rather than define ; to produce awe and
reverence rather than an intellectual satisfaction ; to encourage emotionalism
and devotionality rather than critical inquiry. It is in the perception of this appeal to
...
10
Innocent Victorian: the satiric poetry of Arthur Hugh Clough
He continued his attack in his review of Newman's The Soul: "The belief that
religion is or in any way requires devotionality," he wrote, "is if not the most
noxious at least the most obstinate form of irreligion. ... If we needs must classify
the results ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEVOTIONALITY»
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devotionality is used in the context of the following news items.
Finding a Musical Crossroads Onstage
... the tragic dignity of Baroque opera, the bite and swoop of Balkan music, the calm fatalism of Celtic ballads and the devotionality of plainsong. «New York Times, Aug 12»
