ca / books ? hl=en&lr=&id=uE- KGNhirR0C&oi=fnd&pg=PR9&dq=Damned+Women: +Sinners+and+Witches+in+Puritan+New+England&ots=OSc6HO_j9h& sig=K4Oodp2XPICEadtYd2Ujjl-dsQY. Reis, Damned Women: Sinners and Witches in Puritan New England (Cornell University Press, 1997), accessed December 10, 2016, https : / / books.Hill, A delusion of Satan: The full story of the Salem witch trials (Tantor eBooks, 2014), accessed November 4, 2016, d=knz4AwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PT3&dq=salem+witch+trials+puritan+ beliefs&ots=wnszlbGgn2&sig=HLSewbOjjANEpNcC9Cpe_A6D6Ms.Hansen, Witchcraft at Salem (George Braziller, 1969).Ziff, ‘Puritanism in America: New Culture in a New World,’ 1975, accessed December 10, 2016.George ,‘Puritanism as history and historiography,’ Past & Present, no.41 (1968): 77–104, accessed December 10, 2016. However, they also believed that God would severely punish those who were disobedient. Puritans believed that God would guarantee a select few admission to heaven, and this verdict would only occur if they lived their lives free of sin and were an official member of the Puritan church. These players are randomly divided into alignments Town, Mafia, Serial Killers, Arsonists and Neutrals. Church attendance, dress code, and social class were closely regulated, and any deviation from this regulation was met with swift and harsh punishment. Town of Salem is a browser-based game that challenges players on their ability to convincingly lie as well as detect when other players are lying. The Puritan belief system led a strict and rigid way of living, with little to no tolerance for individuality. 3Īlthough theological determinism is still a relatively common belief held in certain denominations within modern Christianity, Puritans took this belief to an extreme. This belief is known as theological determinism, and states that one’s life has already been planned out by God, leaving free choice as an illusion. However, they also believed that whether or not one would be admitted to heaven was already decided by God. The Puritans believed that God would guarantee a select few admission to heaven, and this decision was made based on one’s actions. They eventually colonized in modern-day Massachusetts. Many of these believers consisted of entire families, unlike typical American settlement, which was usually comprised of young, single men. 1A few of the wealthiest Puritan supporters gathered enough money to immigrate Puritan believers from England to America. They believed that their church needed to be purged of Catholic influence (as they were a Christian faith), and that their religious lifestyle should be “purified” of sin.
Puritanism was created in the 16th century, when the people of the Anglican Church in England felt that the structure and lifestyle imposed by the church needed to be reformed. In 17th century Massachusetts, Puritanism was a central part to the lives of countless New Englanders. An Anglican Church in 17th century England (Former_Church_of_Saint_Sulpice_Matthys_Schoevaerdts_17th_century.jpg (JPEG Image, 2719 × 2027 pixels) – Scaled (37%), Public Domain, accessed Decem-ber 10, 2016, wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Former_Church_of_Saint_Sulpice_ atthys_Schoevaerdts_17th_century.jpg).