Religion In The Wordy Shipmates

The Puritans were a group of religious people who would use their Christian religion to attempt to make political influences of the Church of England back in the 1630s. At the same time, they were also determined to keep the government out of the church, not the other way around. Religion was a main base in the formation of their group to come known at the Puritans. They used the Christian religion and all of its teachings in their everyday life. Therefore, the biblical references throughout The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell went along perfectly with the book when trying to describe the way that the Puritans viewed their lives and the world around them. When they were unsure about something or were faced with a new situation, they would
Their main goal was to solely restore the church to its original purity. They wanted to purify the Church of England by establishing "a city upon a hill" to provide a positive example on how godly people should live their lives and use their religion to guide them .Their point of view was that they would not wish to destroy the Church of England, but also did not want to separate from it. The Puritans would view themselves as a gift from God to the new world, believing they were the chosen people like the Israelites. The second Samuel 7:10, “I will appoint a place for my people of Israel, and I will plant them, that they will dwell in a place of their own, and move on more”, is another interpretation from the novel of how the Puritan’s viewed themselves after traveling over to America. They also thought they were doing a great deed to the Indians when they come over from England showing that it was the Puritan’s job to help others who were “less fortunate”. One passage, Isaiah 26:2 “Open the gates that the righteous nation may enter, the nation that keeps faith”, describes the view of the Puritans thinking of themselves as God’s chosen