piety
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A much-cited Swiss study from the 1990s asked how faith passes between generations, and the answer upset every assumption about gentle piety: The father decides.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
So much so that some state media have tried to steer the discussion online towards traditionals concepts of filial piety, urging young people to be more understanding of their parents.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
Soo’s Bonnie sweetly embodies the excesses of a kind of progressive piety.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026
The shift from politics to piety is not just thematic.
From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2026
During this time, owing to his newfound piety, Bobby used no profanity.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
Headstrong, queer and disinterested in Victorian pieties, she escaped her smothering Indianapolis family and headed to Chicago, where she hustled work as a bookseller and book reviewer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2025
Much of the public wanted a different take on war - and one that challenged solemn pieties at the heart of Official Remembrance.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2025
“Punch” could easily have become a bog of pieties and earnest, uplifting lessons about the necessity of forgiveness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2025
She has made a living as a yoga teacher, though she doesn’t really like teaching and has a penchant for skewering the pieties of her profession in Instagram parodies filmed by her husband.
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2023
But how dare her lady-fingered pieties extend to my life!
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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The Poet X
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