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Acclaimed author Margaret Atwood presents ‘Book of Lives’ at First Parish Church
05 Feb 2026 12:26 GMT
… Memoir of Sorts
First Parish Church, Cambridge
Jan. 27, 2026 … the history of 17th century Puritan New England played a … the novel. She found the Puritans’ system of government contradictory … New England for freedom of religion, yet persecuted Quakers. “They …
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Clergy View: Freedom of religion
04 Feb 2026 19:55 GMT
… prevailing understanding of the Bible. The church and state responded … America, such as the Puritans, Calvinists and Quakers, were … cannot promote a particular religion. Many religious groups have agreed with … praying? Of course not. Jesus advised us not to …
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Relational Wholeness vs. Relational Idolatry
06 Feb 2026 06:03 GMT
… Bride, His people, the church. So our relationships with each … a ministry leader, a pastor, a mentor, or whatever … relationships. I like how Puritan John Flavel said it the … healthy relationships, godly Christ center relationships and Christ himself can seem …
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New years’ resolutions and the student experience
07 Feb 2026 13:30 GMT
… have been found in which Puritan citizens have ‘resolved’ to sin … , conducted in 2022 by the charity Student Minds, found that 57% …
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Made in America by Edward Stourton: Patchy illumination of ‘dark history’ of Trump’s rise
07 Feb 2026 05:27 GMT
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The Puritans came not in the name of religious tolerance … no heretics. Typically the Puritan story is told with … Stourton turns instead to the Puritans’ grisly prosecutions of Quakers, … the 17th-century Puritans, given that the Puritans’ lineal descendants, …
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How Liberalism Collapses
06 Feb 2026 23:30 GMT
… Puritans. But unlike the Puritans, the French revolutionaries try to replace Christian religion … intermixed with regal structures or church structures. The French were particularly …
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On Dostoevsky’s ‘Demons’
06 Feb 2026 14:33 GMT
… a bookshelf populated by the Bible, Dante’s Inferno, Shakespeare … to overcome the God-man, Jesus Christ, was inspired by Stavrogin’ … , Truth, and Moral Obligation
Bishop Tihon tells Stavrogin, “An … Irving Babbitt, a resort to puritanism. It is an attempt “ …
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Column: Ten Commandments should not be posted in public schools
06 Feb 2026 14:04 GMT
… provision for the separation of church and state in this … to as the King James Bible version. It should be … centuries before the birth of Christ. The Catholic version was written … many other religious texts used to teach reading while instilling Puritan values …
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Banned book review: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
06 Feb 2026 08:36 GMT
… England Puritanism and the Lebensborn Program of the Nazi regime. Puritan … their husbands and the Church. Puritan culture did not accept … who broke social or religious rules were forced to face … congregation. Similar to the Puritans, the women training to …
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Quote of the day by John Locke: 'No man's knowledge here can go beyond his...' - life lessons by the philosopher and father of liberalism
05 Feb 2026 22:09 GMT
… in a family sympathetic to Puritan values, Locke grew up during … , Locke argued for natural rights, religious toleration, and government based on …