HIST-UA 651 Lecture Notes - Puritans, Protestantism, Economic Mobility
5 Jun 2014
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The puritans came to america to escape freedom industrial rev in britain geographic, love, social, economic mobility less church going. Puritans were not against sex>> were pro-sex, just as long as you were married. America should be a model for the world wanted to save the world. America should be led by people who are in god"s grace but you can"t really tell who is or isn"t. You cannot earn grace; that"s up to god. Puritans simply are preparing themselves and society just in case. If you say you have salvation, you don"t>> fakes you would have to be extraordinarily arrogant to say that you can determine god"s thinking. Anne hutchinson- claimed that she heard the voice of god in her soul. >> blasphemous claiming that the leaders who think they are holy actually aren"t. >> purpose of education is to help people self-scrutiny. Extremely difficult to govern with these standards (esp #2)
