Father Charles E. Coughlin, Anti-Semitic Radio Priest
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A 10 page paper chronicles the life and career of Father Charles Coughlin, the controversial Roman Catholic priest who was accused of spreading anti-Semitic propaganda over the radio waves during the 1930s and 1940s. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: TGcoughn.wps

Anne Hutchinson
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In 5 pages the author discusses Anne Hutchinson. Why did the Puritan rule of Massachusetts consider Anne Hutchinson to be a threat? Anne Hutchinson was seen as a dissident. She was a paradigm to other dissidents. The Puritan rulers were afraid of Anne Hutchinson. They could not condone her argument against them. Hutchinson was merely a woman that was trying to speak her mind. This was unheard of in that century. She and her followers brought fear to the men of the time. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Annehutc.wps

Comparing Bradstreet And Taylor
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Anne Bradstreet and Edward Taylor were both poets of the Puritan tradition in New England. The poetry produced by Bradstreet and Taylor is very different, though both contemplate the spiritual aspects of their time. This 5 page paper argues that Bradstreet searches for religious meaning within the context of the physical world as she experienced it, while Taylor depended on the scriptures and his own Calvinist beliefs to provide a more metaphysical view of the spiritual interpretations of life. Both poets were steeped in the Puritan culture but interpreted procreation and birth in very different ways. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: KTbratay.wps

Danforth’s “Errand into the Wilderness” as Jeremiad and Allegory
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A 5 page paper looking at this famous seventeenth-century sermon by Samuel Danforth in terms of its complex function. On the literal level, it functions as a condemnation of the behavior of the lapsed churchgoers of Danforth’s day; on a figurative level, it compares the wilderness of the soul to the wilderness surrounding the Puritan communities, and encouraged them to tame it. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: KBdanfor.wps

Pilgrim's Progress and 17th Century Protestantism
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A 4 page essay which examines how John Bunyan exemplified radical seventeenth-century English Protestantism in his work, Pilgrim's Progress. The writer argues that Christopher Hill was correct in his assessment that nonconformist Puritans, such as Bunyan, 'turned the world upside down.' Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: 17bunyan.rtf

Puritan Jeremiad Sermons
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A 5 page research paper that examines the reasons behind the Puritan jeremiad sermons of the late seventeenth century. Despite the fact that their colony was tremendously successful, Puritan leaders decided in the 1660s and 70s that the colony was in a state of decline. The writer explores possible reasons and, in so doing, something of the psychological makeup of that period. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: 99jeremd.wps

Puritanism in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
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This 5 page paper goes back to seventeenth century America as the influx of covenant theology impacted the social and political life of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Its contribution to the decline and fall of Puritan socio-political hegemony in and around the colony area is examined. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Massbay.wps

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