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Great awakening preachers like Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield challenged puritan's beliefs by emphasizing their beliefs in the power of science.
Great awakening preachers like Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield challenged puritan's beliefs by emphasizing their beliefs in the power of science.
Great awakening preachers like Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield challenged puritan's beliefs by emphasizing their beliefs in the power of science.
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The new style of sermons and the way people practiced their faith breathed new life into religion in America. Participants became passionately and emotionally involved in their religion, rather than passively listening to intellectual discourse in a detached manner. Ministers who used this new style of preaching were generally called "new lights", while the preachers who remained unemotional were referred to as "old lights". People affected by the revival began to study the Bible at home.
Great Awakening preachers like Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield challenged Puritan beliefs by emphasizing personal emotional experience and direct relationships with God over strict adherence to religious doctrine and communal rituals. They advocated for a more experiential faith, focusing on individual conversion and the necessity of being "born again." This shift highlighted the importance of personal piety and spirituality, which contrasted with the more rigid and formal practices of Puritanism. Their revivalist messages attracted diverse congregations and fostered a more inclusive approach to Christianity.
He was a Puritan.
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There were substantial works of theology written by Puritans, such as the Medulla Theologiae of William Ames, but there is no theology that is distinctive of Puritans. "Puritan theology" makes sense only as certain parts of Reformed theology, i.e. the legacy in theological terms of Calvinism, as it was expounded by Puritan preachers (often known as lecturers), and applied in the lives of Puritans.
The most fundamental threat to Puritan social order was the challenge to their strict religious beliefs and moral codes. This could manifest through dissenting opinions, alternative religious practices, or moral transgressions that undermined the cohesion and control that the Puritan leaders sought to maintain.
The influence Puritan beliefs had on their food and clothing was to make them plain and basic. Clothing was not ornate, and food was simple.