Abstract
This paper discusses that the Puritans were a highly restrictive people; they believed that their religion was the only correct one. The paper reveals that most of Puritan society revolved around religion, although there is no actual "Puritan religion" of which to speak; mostly, Puritan society came about because many people arrived in America with non-conformist views toward the Anglican Church. The author states that the concept of Manifest Destiny was important to the Puritans and was reflected in American history because many people believed that it was their God-given right and destiny to expand out toward the West Coast and conquer the lands that they found there.

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"As for the religious leaders and holy men of Puritan society, they believed that they were far superior to everyone else. This did not include only the people in the Puritan society, but people of other races, nationalities, and religions as well. Often, the Puritan holy men were very rich, but they felt threatened and frightened by individuals of other religions who shared the same duties over their flocks as the Puritan leaders had over theirs. Puritan holy men were believed to be devoid of original sin, and they taught the Puritan society to believe that anyone who preached another religion was an instrument of the devil. They encouraged this not only because they felt threatened by other religious leaders, but also because many of the other religions were more open and accessible to the general public, and the Puritan holy men wished to continue to control society through religion."

Tags:restrictive, women, leaders, manifest, anglican

Abstract
This piece is a analysis of Puritanism. The author starts by discussing how the Puritan religion emerged as a result of the religious and political conflict in England during the 16th century, conflict which the monarchy was unable to alleviate. Then, the author discusses how, the Puritans, who were fed up with the bureaucracy and ritual of traditional Christianity, established a faith built on discipline of faith and the predestination of the Calvinists. After discussing how Puritanism entailed searching for signs that one had been saved, the author shows how some of the Puritans, fleeing religious persecution, established a highly ordered and flourishing colony in New England. The author closes by indicating that the religion eventually failed due to factionalism and a growing desire for personal salvation among its adherents.

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In this article, the writer provides three different essays with slightly different takes on Native-American and Puritan religion and looks at how the different religious views and ideologies of these two founding cultures of the Americas impacted their interactions with each other.

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"In some ways the religion of the Native-Americans and the religion of the Puritans were similar. The biggest similarity is that despite the numerous differences between their religious ideologies or worldviews for both Native-Americans and Puritans religion was not just a set of beliefs but a way of life that pervaded all aspects of existence. Despite religion representing the main influence in both cultures the Puritan worldview was a separatist one and did not embrace those with different religious views."

Tags:God, beliefs, values, animism, monotheism, polytheism, sacred, dreams, trance, government, Manifest Destiny, William Bradford, John Winthrop, Christianity, Protestantism, separatists, covenant, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Pilgrims

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This paper examines how religion has played an essential role in the development of the American political system. The author discusses how from the time of the arrival of the early Puritans, religion has influenced political leaders, played a role in the lives of the founding fathers, and significantly impacted the American Revolution, and the Articles of Confederation and the American Constitution.

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"Religion played an important role in the founding of the first American colonies by the Puritans. The very name "Puritan" came from the religious sect's desire to "purify" the Church of England. The Puritan religion has its roots in the 1500s and 1600s in England. The Puritans believed that English churches had not completed the Reformation of Henry VIII. As such, they rejected many of the ideals of the major religious denominations of that time. The Puritans believed that anything that did not have a solid basis in the Bible should be removed from the church, including Christmas (Miller)."

Tags:politics, constitution, puritan, confederation, government, democracy

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This paper discusses the great distance between the concepts imposed by science and religion. The paper relates that, in many aspects science and religion contradict each other or differ in the answers given to historical questions. The paper further relates that the contradiction between science and religion has always existed. This brings the question of whether religion is an ally or an enemy of science. The paper hen points out that there are many kinds of science and their relation to religion is different in each case. Furthermore, there are different kinds of religions and each finds a different relation to science and its studies. The paper then goes on to discuss how much science and religion contradict or complement each other. It begins this discussion with a look at not only how religions are very different from one case to another but also how science developed differently as well in zones where one specific religion was dominant.

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"As much as the Christian version of creation left blanks unexplained and raised questions about its authenticity, the evolution theory may be criticized as inconsistent as well. For science it seemed illogical that the man was created in one day, copying the image of a being that supposedly has no face or body, and therefore, no image to create alike. The man is too strongly related to other animals as to be completely foreign to the other species. He has to be part of a group and live by the same rules that dominate the rest of the living creatures. There has to be a link between man and animals if there are so many similarities between all of the life forms on the planet, and there is a path than can trace man's origins to the same as animals'. But this theory leaves a great hole that makes it inconsistent and brings it to question as accurate."

Tags:astronomical, discoveries, multiplicity, of, patterns, blind, faith

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The paper explains the basic Puritan beliefs on religion, morality and justice as illustrated by Cotton Mather. The paper explores Mather's belief that Puritans are God's chosen and those who are different are a threat to the community.

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"The Puritan society in Boston is described by Arthur Miller in his preface to "The Crucible" as one that was organized to withstand the harsh elements and lifestyle and those considered other Massachusetts tried to kill off the Puritans but they combined they set up a communal society which in the beginning was little more than an armed camp with an autocratic and devoted leadership. Such leadership came in the form of men like Cotton Mather, a devout and zealous pastor."

Tags:religion, spiritual realm, justice, law, morality, God, witches, good, evil, chosen, holy

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This article looks at the meeting of the two different cultures of the Puritan colonists and the Native Americans. The writer states that in order to understand how the Indian tribes and the colonial settlers interacted, one firstly has to understand something about the basic differences of culture and attitudes between the two different groups. One of the most important facts with regard to Native American cultures, one which many people do not realize, is that there was no Indian national unity. Rather the Indian tribes were essentially separate and went their own way; with many differences in social customs and perceptions between the different tribes. The writer describes that this explains much of the confusion and misunderstanding that took place when the two cultures met. This is especially true when it comes to the reaction of the white settlers who often saw the Indian tribes as a unified threat against their existence.

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"On the other hand there was a very different cultural perspective from the settler's point of view. The white colonists were used to thinking in terms of national and social unity. They therefore tended to assume that the Native Americans were a unified threat and were therefore suspicious of the Indian tribes. Therefore many Native Americans would encounter hostility and fear when they first met the colonists that would also create a sense of uncertainly and suspicion among the Indians.
A further aspect that would have influenced the relationships and contacts between the two groups was the idea of private property. Generally the Native Americans did not have a concept of private property, but rather believed in sharing what they had with others. The colonists, being unaware of this different attitude, would have been suspicious and would have feared that their property was in danger."

Tags:native, culture, Christian, religion

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This paper offers two distinct critiques of Puritan literature. The first critique examines a letter by John Smith to one of his investors, who was complaining about a lack of return on his investment in the New World. The letter is compared with a similar one by Christopher Columbus to the Queen of Spain. The second critique highlights the nature of domestic relationships in a Puritan community in a poem by Anne Bradstreet.

Tags:puritan, literature, critiques

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This paper analyzes the lives of Puritan and Native American women. It contends their lives were some what similar, but they were fundamentally different from each other. The paper explains that Puritan women were far lower in the hierarchy of their society than were American Indian women and had no expectations that their status would improve throughout their lives.

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"Despite the fact that there were a number of important differences between Puritan women and women among the native peoples that Puritan settlers first encountered there were also at least some key similarities. This paper examines the ways in which the lives ..."

Tags:Puritan, Iroquois, women, farming

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This paper examines the role of religion and explains its role of in the settlement of the American Colonies. The writer discusses religious persecutions in Europe. The writer also looks at the Puritans concept of religious freedom in the New World.

Tags:Religion, american, colonies, founders, pilgrims, puritans, quakers, religious freedom, persecution, beacon on a hill, william penn