They were more concerned with what they saw as their own divine mission in America. After 1628, dominant Puritan ministers clashed openly with the English Church and, more ominously, with King ...

In 1630, the Puritans set sail for America. Unlike the Pilgrims who had left 10 years earlier, the Puritans did not break with the Church of England, but instead sought to reform it. Seeking ...

“America is built on Puritans, religious fanatics and criminals,” she said during a Tuesday event at La Cinémathèque ...

Raymond Chandler’s America: “Chandler’s view of American culture . . . is developed most plainly and relentlessly in The Long Goodbye, a novel unsparing of the idle, self-indulgent and ...

Raylene Hinz-Penner here, a Liberal, Kansas native, retired English professor now living in Newton, with a glimpse into Wordy ...

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Were they and their descendants not true Christians? In The Wars of the Lord: The Puritan Conquest of America’s First People, Calvin Theological Seminary professor Matthew Tuininga argues that ...

Elizabeth was able to deal with the Puritan threat in Parliament as she had the power to simply close Parliament if they tried to discuss issues she did not want them to. Some Puritans valued good ...

They were more concerned with what they saw as their own divine mission in America. After 1628, dominant Puritan ministers clashed openly with the English Church and King Charles I and Bishop of ...

In 1630, the Puritans set sail for America. Unlike the Pilgrims who had left 10 years earlier, the Puritans did not break with the Church of England, but instead sought to reform it. Seeking ...