The Puritans were obsessed with the dangers of wealth.

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

With so many contradictory renditions of the biblical text, the public has lost confidence that we can actually know what the Bible says. It is an easy step from this skepticism to an indifference about what the Bible says.

The Puritans were obsessed with the dangers of wealth.

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

Literature incarnates its meanings as concretely as possible. The knowledge that literature gives of a subject is the kind of knowledge that is obtained by (vicariously) living through an experience.

Puritanism was a youthful, vigorous movement.