Some of us belong to denominations that have Puritan roots. Our religious forefathers spent more energy opposing Rome than praising Jesus. I am delighted to see that in my eight decades this passion ...

Whenever the United States faces a crisis, Americans embrace the “Puritan legacy,” writes George McKenna, a professor of political science at the City College of the City University of New York. The ...

When winter cold settles in across the U.S., the alleged "War on Christmas" heats up. In recent years, department store greeters and Starbucks cups have sparked furor by wishing customers "happy ...

The black-clad, steeple-hatted Puritan, walking warily to church with Bible in hand and musket on shoulder, is an enduring ...

Each Puritan congregation made its own covenant with God and answered only to the Almighty. Puritans looked for evidence of a “ godly life,” meaning evidence of their own prosperous and virtuous lives ...

The author Garrard Conley has spent his life exploring the overlap between Christianity and sexuality. His bestselling memoir "Boy Erased" was adapted into a 2018 film about undergoing conversion ...

PURITANISM AND DEMOCRACY—Ralph Barton Perry—Vanguard ($5). What is America? What does it mean to be an American? What is the essential faith of America? Today, by their very presence on distant ...

In a world that often challenges our purity and resolve, the hero of The Attenuating Puritan stands as a beacon of hope. His quest to overcome ancestral toxins and modern plagues like heavy metals and ...