Puritanism清教主义.pptVIP

Puritanism originated from England and manifested itself in many ways in British North American colonies. Although they formed essential elements of religious norms for behavior “justification by grace through faith”(因信称义); “the idea of calling” （天职思想）; “a city upon a hill”（山巅之城）,the core convictions of Puritanism, dispelled to a large extent the bondage of the tradition of mainstream church on the mind and deed of people. They quickened the process of social secularization, promoted individual emancipation and played an important role in helping to establish modern ideas about labor, occupation and wealth, sketch the goal for the nation to pursue in future with religious ideal. Laying the foundation of the WASP (信奉新教的欧裔美国人)cultural values, they molded the national character of todays America. “American Puritanism”, Its like an novel clues throughout the entire American literature knowledge. As Perry. Miller said: If we do not understand Puritanism, we can say you can not understand the United States. Most immigrants faith John Calvin doctrine: God in His perfect image created Adam and Eve, but they ate the forbidden fruit and fall, so people wins evil, people have sin, we must strive to redeem to save himself, and God has a sovereign right, to decide in advance the fate of people. Such worship and absolute trust in God make early colonial American literature with a strong religious overtones, especially in Anne Bradstreets poetry and Jonathan Edwards sermon to representatives of religious devotion literature. In Annes works the personal sorrow and pain all disappeared in the authority of God , God is omnipotent architect.This shows their strong appeal. Religious fanaticism Inevitably lead to blind suppression of person wins and freedom of thought.