"A loosely organized reform movement originating during the English Reformation of the sixteenth century. The name came from efforts to 'purify' the Church of England by those who felt that the Reformation had not yet been completed. Eventually the Puritans went on to attempt purification of the self and of society as well."
(Mark Noll, "Puritanism", Evangelical Dictionary of Theology, 1984)
In all seriousness, I think wordles of famous texts and documents would be a great way to introduce a class of students to them. They could get an idea of the key concepts covered in a text before they began to study it in detail.
I was going to post a wordle of Eminem's 'Lose Yourself', but there were some not very nice wordles in that wordle ...
"All those nick-names of Puritan, Precisian, Hypocrite, &c. with which lewd tongues are wont to load the saints of God, are so many honourable badges of their worthy deportment in the holy path, and resolute standing on the Lord's side."
Robert Bolton (1572-1631)
Get to know several puritan classics by reading one book
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Then they'd let you sign your name, "Timothy Bridges, Wd.L."
In all seriousness, I think wordles of famous texts and documents would be a great way to introduce a class of students to them. They could get an idea of the key concepts covered in a text before they began to study it in detail.
I was going to post a wordle of Eminem's 'Lose Yourself', but there were some not very nice wordles in that wordle ...
I agree. This would be a great way to introduce texts. Thanks for letting us see the word clouds you posted.
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