Anti-Intellectuals: The Puritans

The Puritans are usually depicted as being anti-intellectual, because they have such strong ties to the bible. Their ties to the Bible make them distance themselves from subjects such as science and math. This doesn’t prove them anti-intellectual; in fact, this only proves that they prioritize classes that coincide with the things a new clergyman might need to know. The Puritans really do love to learn, as long as it has to do with the Bible. Therefore it is more true to call the Puritan’s learning style bigoted, rather than it is to call them