This is the list of descriptions of Puritanism that I wrote on the board as you were sharing your writing in class last Wednesday:
work ethic
manifest destiny
Christ as shepherd
reform doctrine
preaching/preachiness
simplicity/humility
piety
patriarchal God
self-righteousness
images/stereotypes from external observers
restriction of drama
inspired devotional literature
intellectual community
stoicism
fear-based judgment and exclusion
renunciation of pleasure and fun
forcing of Christianity on others
stereotype of unfeelingness, imposed by modern perspective
bible as source of truth
isolation, separateness
political implications of faith
judgment of social difference
attack on witchcraft
right-wing American Christianity
simultaneous isolation and worldly involvement
national identity
transhistorical phenomenon
control and repression
political radicalism
social conservatism
suppressed sexuality/emotional intensity
rhetoric in rapture
justification of anything/everything in the name of God
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