The Puritan Origins of American PatriotismHow the Puritans' belief in a providential mission led to a uniquely American form of patriotism |
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... Spirit - moved " testimonies " and gestures , putting aside all formal , scripted exchanges between speakers and audiences . Evangelical religion is also not a " rational " religion , like Deism or Unitarianism . This does not mean that ...
... Spirit ; teaching ordinary people , both men and women , that they could reach heights of spirituality without the paternal guidance of their pastors . For Edwards these effects were purely unin- tended . A conservative maverick ...
... spirit it was not much different from that earlier generation of Christian activism , but it sought a new application for it in the industrial age by challenging the new economic lords . As Washington Gladden , a Congregationalist ...
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The Puritan Narrative | 16 |
Revolutionary Puritanism | 44 |
Romantic Puritanism | 79 |
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