Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Devotional character.
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Examples
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It tends to exclude or marginalize those who are not raised in this tradition or are as yet incapable of distinguishing genuine bhakti from the superficial manifestations of devotionalism.
Altered fate of subaltern Tusar N Mohapatra 2009
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It tends to exclude or marginalize those who are not raised in this tradition or are as yet incapable of distinguishing genuine bhakti from the superficial manifestations of devotionalism.
Archive 2009-02-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2009
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Though affirmations such as "Their force" and "They don't need our protection" introduces a fresh tenor of devotionalism into an otherwise dreary factional war of words, there is scope for a more flexible reflective atmosphere and elastic eclecticism if we stay attuned to nuances that The Real, The Imaginary, and the Symbolic signify.
Archive 2009-05-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2009
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Though affirmations such as "Their force" and "They don't need our protection" introduces a fresh tenor of devotionalism into an otherwise dreary factional war of words, there is scope for a more flexible reflective atmosphere and elastic eclecticism if we stay attuned to nuances that The Real, The Imaginary, and the Symbolic signify.
From symbolic & real to sublime & ridiculous Tusar N Mohapatra 2009
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But equally important were movements aimed at religious reform which, for the first time, emphasized individual action as the basis for identity; the passionate activism attached to devotionalism was extended to various movements in defense of other forms of community as well.
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The shift underscored the importance of local rulers (rather than an internationalized Islam) and of the new force of devotionalism (which expressed a value common to those called Hindus and Muslims).
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Moreover, beginning in the 14th century, the vacuum left by the exodus of Buddhists began to be filled with a new form of popular devotionalism, bhakti, which also left room for Sufism as a related phenomenon.
b. Bengal 2001
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Muslim reformists had acquired significant influence in the West wing, whereas the East still revolved around certain shared Bengali assumptions about devotionalism and related emphases on saints and goddesses.
e. Bangladesh 2001
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This paper attempts to set Bellows's approach to the Bible in the context of nineteenth-century Unitarianism and American Protestantism generally, showing how he hoped to identify a Unitarian approach to scripture which embraced both the classic humanism of the Protestants and the classic devotionalism of the Catholics.
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This paper attempts to set Bellows's approach to the Bible in the context of nineteenth-century Unitarianism and American Protestantism generally, showing how he hoped to identify a Unitarian approach to scripture which embraced both the classic humanism of the Protestants and the classic devotionalism of the Catholics.
Philocrites: 'Words are not the only language': Henry Whitney Bellows's view of scripture. 1997
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