In addition, the book reassesses the role of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where Venning was educated, in shaping puritan thought, discusses Max Weber's ideas about puritanism and capitalism especially ...

"And it is those chimeras which the Society is fighting in its campaign for the 'New Puritanism.' Sit in my office day in and day out, and hear the moral tragedies recited, and you will realize ...

The word Puritan comes from ‘purity’ or ‘purify’. These were extreme Protestants who wanted to purify the Church of England by returning to the simple and uncomplicated worship and way of ...

French Archbishop Guy de Kerimel consecrates city of Toulouse and archdiocese to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, amid controversy ...

It reflects the zeitgeist, our new Puritanism. I can’t think of a better term, though as readers will know it properly ...

What a pity that these sublime words have not enlightened Donald Trump and his followers. He demeans praiseworthy individuals ...

In his 1996 novel, In the Beauty of the Lilies, John Updike has a fictional Reformed Presbyterian minister feel his faith ...

As a member of the Separatist movement within Puritanism, Bradford migrated to Holland in 1609 in search of religious freedom and lived 11 years in Leiden. In 1620 he helped organize the Mayflower ...

"Puritanism" was running rampant "like in the good old days of witchcraft", they argued, stating that the freedom of men to pester was "essential to sexual freedom". Around the world - notably the ...

Three historic cemeteries, designed as refuges of the dead, are bringing their landscapes back to life for native plants and ...

Who remembers Natalie Bennett, the Aussie-accented eco-warrior whose car crash interviews briefly enlivened the 2015 election ...