Sentence examples for objects of piety from inspiring English sources

It's clear that while some consumers buy novelties with Christian themes in jest, many others regard the same products as objects of piety.

He held the hope that through poetry, and in particular the poetry of Hölderlin, we might be able to still sense something of the unknown god who appears 'as the one who remains unknown,' who is quite different from the object of theology or piety, but who can bring us back to the Being we have long lost sight of (Poetry, Language, Thought, 222).

Based on the Gospels' account of the crucifixion, the logical conclusion is that Jesus objected to the Sanhedrin's emphasis on the letter of Jewish law and pretentious displays of piety while neglecting the spiritual core of the Torah.

According to Hesiod, an 8th-century-bce Greek writer, such objects of nature were venerated in the popular piety of the rustic people of Greece in his time.

They are building blocks of piety.

That smacks of piety in Tinseltown.

This display of piety elicited ridicule from his captors.

This liberalization has developed its own sort of piety".

The outward forms of piety have become more visible everywhere.

There were no outward signs of piety, for example.

It fostered an experiential kind of piety through new devotions.