PPT-Puritan Society

Evidence Covenant Theology Puritan communities were established in order to aid individuals in achieving grace Economically speaking Puritan societies were to work together and individual wealth was seen as decadent and corruptCHRISTMAS was banned . Colonial New England. I. Intro Stuff: . A. Can We Agree . . . . ? . B. Nonetheless, Puritans did NOT Agree with us. They believed in a corporeal Satan who walked the earth and thus he may have had minions/witches to do his bidding. . New Immigrants come to America. . Most of the New England colonists were religious . dissidents. . . New Immigrants come to America. Most New England colonists disagree with England’s . By: Alex Turner. Richardson’s 6. th. Period. The Roots of Puritanism. Started in England. A Church Reform straying away from Catholicism . Caused for splits in the Church. Some Puritans stayed in England . 1620-1758. Literature in Early America. Early colonists did not call themselves “Americans” until the mid 18. th. century. Roanoke Island, 1580. Jamestown, 1607. Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, 1620. 1630s-1750s. What’s a Puritan?. Puritans known as the Separatists split from the Church of England over disagreements and came to New England for religious freedom. Allegiance to God/the group, not the king. Early American Literature. Puritan is a broad term, referring to a number of Protestant groups that sought to “purify” the Church of England, which was corrupt and closely tied to the British government.. The Scarlet Letter. Puritanism/. Scarlet Letter. Timeline. 1620-1628. 1638. 1642. 1645. 1649. 1655. 1692. 1850. In the novel:. . -Ch. 1-4 public scaffold scene Pearl=baby in mother’s arms. -Scene at Governor Bellingham’s . Read . Of Plymouth Plantation. (pages 104-110). Make a chart of (this chart will go in a homework packet) what Puritans were like/valued in each of these categories. Lifestyle. Religion. Families. Education. Ways to ALLUDE to literature. S= Society . . What events directly affected SOCIETY?. The Crucible: Say/Denotative/Facts only. The Red Scare. The Puritan belief system. The Salem Witch Trials. S= Society. 2. What does sin do to a person?. 3. Can we and should we be forgiven from the sins of our past?. 4. What are the effects of being exiled or shunned from a society? Do we always want to get back in? . Stefan Brandt – . stefan.brandt@uni-graz.at. Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz . Guest Professor. Università. . Ca. ‘ . Foscari. , . Venice. Time Travel. First . encounters. between European . settlers. Unit 1 A Gathering of Voices. (Beginnings to 1750). Significant Historical Events. EQ: How does the literature of Early America reflect the beliefs and culture of the people?. 1492 – Columbus. 1620 – Puritans. Puritan Meditation. Meditation for the Puritans was central to all the means of grace or what we might call spiritual disciplines. Meditation enhanced and “improved” public worship, sermons, Bible study, baptism, the Lord’s Supper, prayer,... 1625-1675. A glimpse at the Historical background of the Age….. Puritan period can be regarded as a second Renaissance.. Puritan movement meant moral and political reform lasts in the nation almost for half a century..