What did conversion mean for the Puritans

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1. What did the Puritans hope to achieve? What was the goal of their religious and political community? Why did they consider conformity so necessary for their cohesion?

2. What did conversion mean for the Puritans?

3. How did Evangelical preacher George Whitefield challenge prevailing church authority and upset the religious establishment? Provide specific examples.

4. What democratic/political overtones do you hear in early expressions of both Puritan and evangelical Protestantism in America? Provide specific examples. How did religion penetrate early American political thought rooted in concepts of freedom?

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