quietism

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In the absence of evidence for the Trojan horse hypothesis for corporate mindfulness, there is an alternative hypothesis: Corporate Quietism.

From Salon • Sep. 27, 2015

Butler, in his Life of St. John of the Cross, says that the system of perfect contemplation called Quietism chiefly turned upon the following general principles:—1.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward

What you last said reminded me of the horrible mysticism of Pater Molinos, the dreadful doctrine of Quietism.

From The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II by Hoffmann, Ernst Theordor Wilhelm

But above all he must study that master of Quietism, the incomparable author of The Woman's Touch, The Silent Preacher, Through a College Key-hole.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914 by Various

Since then they had tried Quietism: at one time they let Fenelon believe they would support him.

From Priests, Women, and Families by Michelet, Jules