The importance of the pharaoh continued to decline, and the emphasis on popular piety continued to increase.

As is traditional, community leaders ensured that politics took a back seat to popular piety.

But it also opened up new paths toward popular piety and individual religious experience.

In most conventional accounts, religion - especially popular piety - is overshadowed by the great secular myths of nation and class.

In this country, popular piety has been nourished by the very fact that it is voluntary, say those who study religion and law.

She occupied a place in popular piety that was not always endorsed by the Church.

Contains a history and examples of popular piety.

Admittedly, a goodly portion of popular piety relied upon the magical.

The Inquisition's ineffectiveness with these larger issues also weakened the institution's ability to affect popular piety.

Contemporary 182 Mexican popular piety is deeply rooted in these traditions developed and refined during the colonial period.