A Brief Introduction to Puritans and Puritanism.ppt

Adheres to strict religious principles Hostility to social pleasures Opposed to sensual pleasures Beliefs Gods supreme authority over human affairs. A desire to see education and enlightenment for the masses Simplicity in worship, In modern usage, the word puritan is often used as an informal pejorative for someone who has strict views on sexual morality, disapproves of recreation, and wishes to impose these beliefs on others. Some Comments on Puritanism The puritan through lifes sweet garden goes to pluck the thorn and cast away the rose.? - Kenneth Hare穿过人生的花园时，清教徒买椟还珠，拾起的只是棘手的刺，却把玫瑰弃之一旁。 The truth is, as every one knows, that the great artists of the world are never Puritans, and seldom even ordinarily respectable. No virtuous man -- that is, virtuous in the Y.M.C.A. sense -- has ever painted a picture worth looking at, or written a symphony worth hearing, or a book worth reading, and it is highly improbable that the thing has ever been done by a virtuous woman.? - H. L. Mencken 众人皆知的事实是，世界上伟大的艺术家中没有一个是清教徒的，而且也没几个是值得尊敬的。如果按照他们所谓的高尚来评论的话，世界上没哪个高尚的画过一幅值得一看的画，谱过一曲值得一听的曲，或是写过一本值得一瞧的书，让女人去做这些事情，则更是天方夜谭。 * A Brief Introduction to Puritans and Puritanism Key Word---Purify Puritanism : a religious reform movement that arose within the Church of England in the late sixteenth century. Puritans： A group of radical English Protestants that arose in the late sixteenth century and became a major force in England during the seventeenth century. Puritans wanted to “purify” the Churches of England. They placed a high value on hard work, constant self-examination and self-discipline, thrift, piety, and sobriety. A humble and obedient life After the execution of King Charles I in 1649, they controlled the new government, the Commonwealth. Representatives: Benjamin Franklin, Cromwell Characteristics of Puritans and Puritanism *