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"The real story of the massive meltdown of 2008 starts not in the late 20th century but in the early 17th." Like witch hunts? I thought. Intrigued, I read on. The authors identify four key Puritan ...

BOTH the contemporary and the historical Puritan are still involved in clouds of libel, of which the origins lie in the copious fountains of indiscriminating abuse poured out upon the Puritans of the ...

Many things influence human behavior, and I don’t claim to understand all of them. I have had the most experience with the early New England Puritans' influence on how Americans act and react to the ...

Their most eloquent writing and preaching grew from a practical desire to communicate truth. Conversion is central to the Christian faith. From Jesus’ words to Nicodemus in John 3:3 telling him that ...

J. I. Packer discusses the English Puritans, their quest for holiness, and why they are still worth remembering. Puritanism in England was a holiness movement—seeking holiness in church, family, and ...

Revision of thesis (Ph.D.)--Brown University, 1978. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!144718~!0#focus ...