The strong feelings and devotion often associated with loyalty have led some to assert that loyalty is only or primarily a feeling or sentiment an affective bondedness that may express itself in deeds though more as an epiphenomenon than as its core.
This poetry was inspired by popular devotional movements associated with Hinduism and Islam in the 15th century, which emphasised personal devotion and the value of a teacher.
But in the devotional (bhakti) movements associated with Vishnu and Shiva, an intense personal devotion to the deity concerned is believed to earn divine aid to salvation.
"Contemplation" includes some examples of religious devotion, but also artifacts only remotely associated with reflection, like a love letter from the poet John Keats.
Those words were written by Richard Maxwell, the artistic director of the New York City Players, and the cast of "Devotion" includes actors — Mr. Fletcher and Mr. Tyson — associated with that company.
During its nine years on air, the sitcom Seinfeld commanded the kind of devotion from up to 20 million fans normally associated with cults or religious sects.
Devotion, respect, emotional consistency -- qualities we often associated with a "jerk" in the past -- are to be cherished now (Why did we ever think "playing hard to get" had anything to do with intimacy?).
A later study of 1,584 pupils aged 14 16 years found that "being female, being young, personal devotion, public church attendance and enrolment at a Protestant school were all associated with higher levels of belief in creationism" (Francis and Greer 2001: 48).
Even so, there is no doubting the devotion of the military-model enthusiasts who remain, nor their loyalty to the company most closely associated with their hobby.
Processions associated with the adoration of the eucharistic Host, which are all of late origin, include those at the beginning and closing of the Forty Hours' devotion, on the Feast of Corpus Christi, and on Holy Thursday.
