The secularization of Western culture was accompanied by the elevation of art to the position of a substitute religion to replace Christianity.

The secularization of Western culture was accompanied by the elevation of art to the position of a substitute religion to replace Christianity.

For the Puritans, the God-centered life meant making the quest for spiritual and moral holiness the great business of life.

The Bible is obviously a mixed book. Literary and nonliterary (expository, explanatory) writing exist side by side within the covers of this unique book.

No group of people has been more unjustly maligned in the twentieth century than the Puritans. As a result, we approach the Puritans with an enormous baggage of culturally ingrained prejudice.

Since God is the one who calls people to their work, the worker becomes a steward who serves God.

Stressing the God-centered life can lead to an otherworldly withdrawal from everyday earthly life.