tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post8722045487386917270..comments2024-03-26T11:33:59.219-06:00Comments on Religion in American History: Religion, Religion Everywhere: Too Many Drops to Drink?Paul Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881964303772343114noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-84632916839853524162007-12-17T19:55:00.000-07:002007-12-17T19:55:00.000-07:00I really like your comment, Ed. I suppose comment...I really like your comment, Ed. I suppose commentators will stop with the Puritan references as soon as conservative politicians stop employing the "city on a hill" motif. Imprecision reigns. Ronald Reagan even managed this description of John Winthrop: "he was an early Pilgrim, an early freedom man."<BR/><BR/>As for me, I'm waiting for the GOP candidate who cites as his role model the "historian and blogger Paul Harvey."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-77286934446922949332007-12-17T15:23:00.000-07:002007-12-17T15:23:00.000-07:00Good call Kelly! Yes indeed, Puritanism as a myth ...Good call Kelly! Yes indeed, Puritanism as a myth or trope that can be used/deployed at various moments and in various ways. Let us not forget the 'Puritan' v. 'Cavalier' origins war that paved the way for the Civil War! So many southerners in the 19th century would have been deeply offended to have been called Puritans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-35201311204160172782007-12-17T15:07:00.000-07:002007-12-17T15:07:00.000-07:00Following Ed's comment, I think it is much more in...Following Ed's comment, I think it is much more interesting to see what Christian movements in the past or present claim the banner of the Puritans. For instance, the 1920s Klan claimed that Jonathan Edwards would have been a Klansman to show their Puritanesque heritage. Why not pay attention to claims like that one (a personal favorite of mine) instead of applying the label so broadly?Kelly J. Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14328894784072518452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-79101958459354565752007-12-17T14:40:00.000-07:002007-12-17T14:40:00.000-07:00I want this on blog-record. No matter what McKenna...I want this on blog-record. No matter what McKenna says or Morone in _Hellfire Nation_, we are all NOT Puritans. I, for one, am not. They died long ago and no actual Puritan would understand our society at all. Why do we look to the Mathers or John Edwards when we could just as easily look to Billy Sunday or Dwight Moody or Amy Semple McPherson to understand religion (or rather Protestant evangelicalism) today?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com