~ leaves Catholic church‚ 1534 ~ publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion‚ 1536 ~ doctrine of election ~ wasn’t an innovator‚ but explained biblical ideas II. Puritans & the New World A. Plymouth & Massachusetts Bay 1. Separatists vs. Puritans ~ separatists believed the only way to have a true doctrine was to completely
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ideologies of her Puritan upbringing. Furthermore‚ Rowlandson’s experiences in captivity and encounter with the new‚ or "Other" religion of the Indians cause her rethink‚ and question her past; her experiences do not however cause her to redirect her life or change her ideals in any way. The function of religion plays a significant role in the narrative‚ especially the dissimilarities between the narrator’s religious beliefs and the "Other" religion of her captors. More specifically the Puritan ideology
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religious groups some big ones being the Pilgrims‚ Separatists‚ Anglicans‚ Catholics‚ Puritans and the Quakers. These religious groups set up the 13 colonies for the beginning of their religious beliefs. Anne Hutchinson followed the Puritans for many years.
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As the English civil wars commenced‚ the Great Migration and harsh persecution between Catholic and Puritan powers made religious concerns the primary cause of settling the British colonies; after the intensity of the British economic problems died down‚ the settling of the British colonies for economic concerns further died down; as a result‚ the statement that economic concerns had more to do with the settling of British North America than did religious concerns is somewhat invalid. As the civil
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In seventeenth-century America‚ Puritans lived in the American communities. These Puritans believed that sin was horrific‚ and they were quick to cast judgment on anyone who sinned. In The Scarlet Letter‚ written by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ the main character‚ Hester Prynne‚ committed an act of adultery. This sinful act resulted in a feeling of guilt and humiliation as she tried to go about her normal life in the community of Salem. Her punishment for this transgression was to stand on a scaffold for
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Virginia Company of London which hoped to benefit economically from their investments. New Hampshire and New York were also founded for commercial reasons. On the other hand‚ Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts Bay Colony were founded by Separatists and Puritans who hoped to practice their religion freely. Rhode Island and Pennsylvania were founded for similar reasons. It was both the drive for the commercial profit and religious freedom that produced English colonies in America. The Virginia Company of
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not let him. His solution was to make the Church of England. A group of people that followed the church were called the Puritans‚ but they did not agree with what the Church was teaching. They broke off‚ and started practicing their own new form of worship which was not well liked by the Church of England. The Church of England started punishing the Puritans for it. The Puritans decided to risk their lives and go to the New World‚ so they could practice their faith freely. At the center of their faith
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the evil within ourselves. The Puritan faith taught its followers that the Bible was God ’s “true law” and was a guide to one ’s way of life. They attempted to purify the church and their own lives by redefining the traditional values of Christianity. The Puritan belief system had strict guidelines to live a holy life constructed to please God‚ and unlike the Christian belief that sins are cleansed and forgiven regardless of the nature of the sin‚ Puritans enforced control over their actions
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Religion in the New World exploded into the land with the colonization of thousands of immigrants. It played an important role in the development of thought in the West. Religion was one of the first concepts to spark the desires of people from other countries to emigrate to the new lands. While many religions blossomed on the American shores of the Atlantic‚ a basic structure held for most of them‚ being predominantly derived from Puritanism. Jamestown‚ the first permanent English settlement‚ showed
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Patterson: AMST 201 Study Guide Exam One: PURITANS 1. Define and explain culture and provide examples 2. Define deviancy and provide examples 3. What are the functions of deviancy? Provide examples. 4. What motivated the Puritans for leaving Old England for New England? 5. The Puritan movement is better described as a Revivalist than a Reform Movement. Explain. 6. Describe the Puritan religious ideology. 7. Define and explain City Upon a Hill‚ Visible Saint‚ Predestination‚ Covenant of
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