Puritans & Puritanism

“The foregoing celebration of Puritan greatness may leave some readers skeptical. It is, however, as was hinted earlier, wholly in line with the major reassessment of Puritanism that has taken place in historical scholarship. Fifty years ago the academic study of Puritanism went over a watershed with the discovery that there was such a thing as Puritan culture, and a rich culture at that…Puritanism was at heart a spiritual movement, passionately concerned with God and godliness.” ~ J.I. Packer, Why We Need the Puritans