Puritan Spirituality and the Foundations of American Colonialism

Puritan Spirituality and the Foundations of American Colonialism

PART I

The Puritans were a religious group who had very strong religious beliefs in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries in Europe. The name puritan means purification, and to them, the Bible was the ground norm for guiding human behavior; the Puritans first settled in England in New England. However, with time they grew dissatisfied and discontent with the Church of England. The Church of England was a ground for political struggles and doctrines that favored whoever made them. The Puritans believed that the Church of England was beyond reform, and they could do nothing to change that. In the 1600s, they fled to America for fear of religious persecution. The Puritans were against drinking, gambling, skimpy dressing, breaking the Sabbath, and…