Puritanism

Simply, it [the role of Puritanism] was this: for good purposes, even high purposes, the people of Salem developed a theocracy, a combine of state and religious power whose function was to keep the community together, and to prevent any kind of disunity that might open it to destruction by material or ideological enemies. It was forged for a necessary purpose and accomplished that purpose. (Miller 1) Salem’s creation as a religious haven, reliant on the strict following of Puritanism, also…

The histories of Anglicanism and Puritanism are significant. It is important that we learn about them, and how they have come into existence. Although the bases of these two religious views are the same, they differ in many beliefs. They are both renditions of Catholicism and Protestantism; Anglicanism is a spin-off of Protestant Catholicism, and Puritanism is a spin-off of Anglicanism. Both are belief systems that are branches of Catholicism, which is a branch of Christianity. To sum it all up,…

As defined by the Encyclopædia Britannica, puritanism was “a religious reform movement in the late 16th and 17th centuries that sought to “purify” the Church of England of remnants of the Roman Catholic “popery” that the Puritans claimed had been retained after the religious settlement reached early…

Friday Topic: Puritanism Miller, Perry. "Puritans and Puritanism." Dictionary of American History. Ed. Stanley I. Kutler. 3rd ed. Vol. 6. New York: Charles Scribner 's Sons, 2003. 555-557. U.S. History in Context. Web. 29 Sept. 2016 Many of us understand Puritans to be a group of people who fled England for religious freedom. This is not entirely true. Most of what we learned in school were watered down facts with lots of added sugar. Puritans were not the innocent (and I use that term…

I consider myself an example on how television’s appeals can be combated through New Puritanism: I do not watch television, but I am taking part in the 2016 campaign by interacting with others on the internet. Many may argue that online sources are just as biased as television, but I feel like social media makes it easier for me to be a New…

Over the course of history, many different ideas and ways of finding the purpose of life have been constructed, but few truly captivated and drawn the attention of a mass following. Three philosophies which have done so are those of Puritanism, Deism, and Transcendentalism. The first, emphasizing God and the strict following of his word, the second, reasoning and rationality, and the third, connecting and finding the answers to life through oneself. The canonical literature created by some of…

whether you actually were or not, of the most horrible crime one could commit; conjuring the devil. This is a description of an event in the late 1600’s, which we know of as, the Salem Witch Trials. This society, was made up of Puritans. The religion, Puritanism, was a religion made of purists who wanted to get rid of the Roman Catholics and all of their ideas, to make themselves a perfect society. They were on a mission to purify the Church of England, and they travelled from England to…

Puritanism was a tightly controlled, super “pure” type of Christianity that was present in some colonies during the earliest days of American society. Nathaniel Hawthorne focused on colonial Boston back in its Puritan Era to tell a fictional story of failed love in The Scarlet letter. Hester Prynne faced many obstacles as the protagonist. Her struggles were social and internal, with the guilt of unforgivable sin constantly weighing down on her well-being. However, the true antagonist of this…

The oppressive nature of Puritanism created a crisis in the form of the Salem witch trials. Puritanism is represented in several aspects of the Salem Witch Trials. The laws that created a strict pious code, the Puritan’s everyday life style, and the political policies contributed to the crisis which arose in the town of Salem. The Puritan religion had been brought to Salem, Massachusetts from England in early 1629 by a group of religious separatists who believed that the newly reformed Church of…

Hawthorne’s writing was influenced through his upbringing in a Puritanism town. Puritanism is _______. Puritanism comes from the church of England. They go by the name Puritans. The puritans are non-separating congregationalists with the Church of England. They separated from the Church of England to “purify” the Church. There are three types of Puritanism, quakers, antinomians, and baptists. Baptists carry out the “essential idea of Puritanism”. They believe that each individual has an…