POLS 374 Study Guide - Good Works, Adiaphora, Beek
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Chapters 1: the puritans and early colonial america. John winthrop (1588-1649: lawyer and minister from groton england who was elected leader of the mass. He was elected before the puritans even left, effectively making him the man in charge or readying them for the journey and destination ahead. In 1630, on the eve of the journey, he delivered a sermon that was called a model of. To reform christianity and create their own christian kingdom. To escape the immorality of the english and the overbearing persecution of the anglican church. This work is responsible for the pragmatism that the colonists had in the wilderness and it foreshadows other american writers on the basis of community. The basis is what constitutes christian charity. Christian virtue and the sermon demonstrates a model by which they should all live. God and his providence is the basis for the freedom of man.
