Telling me the story of how he came to have the carbon emissions from his travel offset by his community, he mocks his own piousness by pointing out that he's allowing others to shoulder his burdens. (premierchristianity.com)
Make no mistake: a compendium of uncomfortable images with a truly disturbing resolution, Frailty is never much more than a B - movie done well (every shocking twist is telegraphed, save Fenton's cleverly tipped destiny), yet it's the perfect antidote to the empty pretensions and overloaded piousness of most mainstream representations of popular spirituality. (filmfreakcentral.net)
Kierkegaard lived in what he called «Christendom,» a world of superficial, second - hand religiosity, a kind of diluted piousness that in his judgment made a mockery of true Christianity. (firstthings.com)