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Bookmark or Share- Puritanism - Encyclopedia.comPuritanism is the set of religious beliefs and practices retroactively ascribed to Puritans by modern scholars. Since Puritan was originally a term of abuse toward people considered excessively, narrow-mindedly, or hypocritically religious, not an embraced identity, the definitions of both Puritan and Puritanism have been and remain inescapably ...
- What Is Puritanism? - ChristianityPuritanism was a wide movement that included legalism (like banning Christmas celebrations), freedom movements (like the Pilgrims settling in America). So what is Puritanism in its most basic form? Who were the Puritans? What did the Puritans believe?
- Puritanism | Definition, History, Beliefs, & Facts | BritannicaPuritanism, a religious reform movement in the late 16th and 17th centuries that was known for the intensity of the religious experience that it fostered. Puritans’ efforts contributed to both civil war in England and the founding of colonies in America.
- Puritans - WikipediaPuritanism is considered crucial to understanding the religious, political and cultural issues of early modern England. In addition, historians such as Perry Miller have regarded Puritan New England as fundamental to understanding American culture and identity.
- The Puritans ‑ Definition, England & Beliefs | HISTORYThe Puritans were members of a religious reform movement known as Puritanism that arose within the Church of England in the late 16th century. They believed the Church of England was too similar...
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