Wanted to purify the church
And writing consisted of recording history and sermons (nonfiction)
Puritan
Separate from the church
Separatist
John Calvin- God choses who will be saved/doomed
Predestination (Puritan belief)
Name for gods chosen people who will be saved
Elect
Gods gift to the elect
Grace
Evidence of gods grace
Good works
Simplicity: dress, writing, architecture, art
Plain style
“The new Israelites” covenant - New England for fiying the church
Divine mission (Puritan belief)
Year separatists came to New England
1620- William Bradford
Year puritans came to New England
1630-john Winthrop
Of Plymouth plantation
Written by Bradford
MAYFLOWER COMPACT: rules why pilgrims are there
STARVING TIME: lack of food, they came in fall. Next winter-THANKSGIVING
A model of christian charity
Written by Winthrop
Rules and guidelines- “a city upon a hill”
Puritan view on the individual and community
Community is more important. Teamwork. Mission driven.
Puritan view on nature
Afraid of the unknown. Original sin. Need rules
Puritan view on knowledge
Holy war. Good vs devil
BIBLE AND TRADITION
No upward mobility or religious freedom
Puritan view on the American Dream
Theocratic- no separation of church and state
“Socialist” equal everything- everyone is the same
Date range of the enlightenment
1700-1820
We were immature/ignorant, but now we are maturing/questioning
Philosophical basis for the American Revolution
Coincides with the rise of science and industrial revolution
Writing is practical and philosophical
Enlightenment
Scientific understanding- cornerstone of enlightenment. Logical thinking
Reason
Science. Belief on what is measured or seen CENTER
Universe is a logical and ordered system
Empiricism (enlightenment belief)
Rejects supernatural aspects of religion
Deism
BLANK SLATE. Fundamentally needing God. Rejects predestination and original sin
Tabula rasa
Practical, down to earth, decisions on reason
Pragmatic
Galileo
Telescope/earth orbits around sun
Opened the door for thinking
Shut out of the church