Word: puritans
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...Harvard students, at least according to those involved in the production. Parks takes the social commentary of Hawthorne’s original one step further: while “In the Blood” is still very much a meditation on themes such as guilt, adultery, and other dusty Puritan affairs, the play also extends and ruminates on a range of modern ills, including poverty, homelessness, and the exploitation of those less fortunate. “When [many Harvard students] hear about certain challenges people face, it’s hard for them to relate with that person if they...
When Harvard University was founded in 1636, its purpose was to train a native Puritan clergy that could function independently of the Oxbridge immigrant pastorate. This mission was perhaps best defined in Harvard’s 1646 “Rules and Precepts,” which held that “the maine [sic] end of [a student’s] life and studies is, to know God and Jesus Christ which is eternal life.” Even the school’s motto, “Veritas,” used to be “Veritas...
...biggest problem by far with having a faith-based component in general education is not so much the content but the way such a component would be perceived. The media has already repeatedly alluded to Harvard returning to its Puritan roots. Even if the College somehow manages to remove this stigma of association with English Protestantism, it still risks being pigeonholed as giving undue emphasis to the study of religion and being grouped with parochial schools...
...have long ago forsaken the grey smock and matching bonnet of the 17th century, but just what kind of people are we to be so well-attired these days? This past weekend, I pushed myself to come down from Mather Tower, the concrete structure incongruously named after the notable Puritan, and took to the streets in search of an answer to that question. First, I meet with friends at a sushi restaurant. We are seated in a back room where large parties are sequestered from the intimate parties in the restaurant’s front. At a table next...
...TIME: Speaking of historical attitudes, weren't you raised Puritan...