In The Puritan Dilemma we discover Edmund S. Morgan's views of what Puritanism is and how John Winthrop dealt with the dilemma of being a puritan. ... John Winthrop caught the fever of Puritanism at college and for him the dilemma of living in the world without taking his mind off God was the hardest for him. ... In Winthrop's life he faces many dilemma's which all have to do with the problem of living in the world without leaving it. ... which was against Puritan belief. ...

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In Edmund Morgan's book, "The Puritan Dilemma," he discusses the life of John Winthrop and how Winthrop influenced the development of the Massachusetts Bay Company. ... John Winthrop started his journey when he became a Puritan. ... He argues that the Puritans should leave to avoid God's judgment. ... In the final chapter of The Puritan Dilemma Morgan shares that the code that is developing is not only for protection, however, but a blueprint for their experiment. (191). In the end John Winthrop became a strong and talent leader for the Puritans. ...

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Puritan and Pilgrim was not synonymous terms. The Puritans were those who sought to purify the English church and to modify forms, while remaining with in it. ... But eventually the Puritans became independents, not only in America, but in England as well. ... Many Puritans of 1630 were men of education and fortune, members of Parliament, or clergymen of the most liberal education. ... Volume1: TO 1877 Nation of Nations Morgan, Edmund The Puritan Family: Religion and Domestic Relations in Seventeenth Century New England , Puritan Dilemma: The Story of John Winthrop Underwood, Devon Wome...

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