Beliefs & Theology
God unchangeably elects some for salvation and not others.
What is predestination?
Anne Bradstreet, Edward Taylor, Jonathan Edwards
Who are two major Puritan writers?
A religious speech meant to instruct or convict that's characteristic of didactic purpose tied to scriptural interpretation.
What is a sermon?
17th century (1600s).
What is when early Puritan settlement and writing in New England occurred?
Read this short line: "The bow of God's wrath is bent, and the arrow made ready on the string." Name the literary device used.
What is metaphor? (could also be extended metaphor/simile/imagery).
Humanity is fallen from Adam; all are morally corrupt and incapable of saving themselves without divine grace.
What is original sin?
The author of "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" (sermon)
Who is Jonathan Edwards?
Writing containing clear syntax, simple diction, direct statements, and scriptural allusions.
What is plain style?
Religious persecution or pressure under Charles I and Archbishop Laud; desire for ecclesiastical reform.
What are political or social conditions in England that contributed to Puritan migration to America?
The line "Out of the ashes I rise to sing," has this tone.
What is triumphant or resurrectional?
A binding agreement betweenn God and people that structures communal life; Ex: church membership required public profession of faith.
What is a covenant?
The first significant colonial poet who wrote on themes of piety, domestic life, tension between earthly attachments and spiritual commitments.
Who is Anne Bradstreet?
Imagery linking spiritual truths to physical objects (e.g., sin as "darkness," God's wrath as a "bow").
What is a metaphysical conceit?
It allowed partial church membership for children of baptized but non-converted members, showing weakened religious enthusiasm and a need to maintain social cohesion.
What is the Half-Way Covenant?
Strategy: (1) Identify thesis/claim; (2) mark appeals (scripture, emotional examples, commands); (3) note audience markers and implied response.
What is how to analyze a Puritan sermon passage?
Suffering seen as God's discipline or warning, or as proof of election when born faithfully.
What is divine providence and sovereignty?
This author used vivid imagery, dire warnings, emotional appeals, and logical arguments; for example, extended metaphors and urgency to provode conversion.
Who is Jonathan Edwards?
Old Testament events seen as foreshadowing New Testament fulfillment (e.g., Israelites' exodus as type of Christian salvation).
What is typology?
Sabbath laws enforced legally; moral conduct regulated by civil authorities reflecting covenant theology.
What are Puritan legal or civic practices?
Details: diction (address terms), scriptural references, tone (threatening vs comforting); inference: aimed at a congregation showing lax piety or at revival candidates.
What are textual details?
Salvation is unconditional election and irresistible grace.
What is how Puritans emphasized visible piety (faithfulness) and self-examination?
This author used intense devotional imagery and metaphysical conceits.
Who is Edward Taylor?
A technique that uses pathos to instill fear/repentance; logos to argue doctrine; ethos to establish authority; the effect is motivate conversion or moral reform.
What are rhetorical devices?
This movement renewed emphasis on personal conversion and emotional preaching; long-term effect: proliferation of denominational diversity and evangelical rhetorical styles in American literature.
What is the Great Awakening?
Phew!
What is my feeling at the end of the year?