DB 12

ENG 205 Week 3 Unit B

1. Discussion board: Jonathan Edwards and John Woolman (200 words)

I will post everything that my professor posted, because I don’t get her point. I just need 200 words for this DB

QUESTIONS:

Compare the specific imagery* (that is, examples from the texts) of Edward's sermon with that found in Woolman's Journal, with the goal of demonstrating differences between Puritan religious beliefs and those of the Quakers.  (Feel free to refer to the comparative chart linked above.) 

Imagery means to use figurative language to represent objects, actions and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses

Reading 1: Puritan Rectitude and Quaker Benevolence

This Unit's topic highlights the writings of two of Colonial America's preachers, each one representative of a particular theology, and each worldview having an immense impact on American culture today, as well as then.  

Jonathan Edwards, considered as America's greatest theologian, sparked the religious movement termed "The Great Awakening"; the sermon included below is one of the most well-known pieces of writing of its time. 

John Woolman was a Quaker who traveled extensively throughout the northeast, and was an early proponent of abolitionism.  Woolman's writings and ministry were instrumental in causing the Society of Friends (or Quakers) to reject slavery as a religious principal; the Quakers would become very active in the Underground Railroad in the next century. 

Chart comparing the two schools of thought:

http://www.hughie.com/Misc/puritanquaker.htm

Reading 2: Structure and Delivery of a Puritan Sermon

Attached Files:

·  Structure & Delivery of a Puritan Sermon.doc (75 KB)

READ the attached notes on Puritan sermons before listening to the sermon itself. 

Reading 3: Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

READ the introduction to Jonathan Edwards (331-33).

Then, listen to this short (under 2 minutes) intro on YouTube for some quick context for the sermon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3REg6ZWLjZA

Finally, with the text in hand (open to page 346), listen to this audio of the entire sermon (50 minutes).  It's not an easy read, and having it read out loud as you read along will really help you to get through it.  Also, since while the text is written, the sermon was delivered orally, and listening to it gives you a better sense of how it would have come across to the audience Edwards was addressing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI5qCFksA7Y

Reading 4: John Woolman

John Woolman (1720-1772) was a local boy; a memorial house in Mount Holly, NJ, built on the site of his orchard, can be visited.  READ chapters 1-3 of his Journal in your text pp. 488-99.

You can find a full version of Woolman's Journal online, in an easily navigable format:

http://www.strecorsoc.org/jwoolman/title.html

2. Write responses for another student’s work. 75 words

Extract a point which you agree from his post, and talk about it

His DB:

Being from New England and with half English ancestry I am possibly a little biased in what I choose.   That being said the people of Massachusetts used the word freedom to “describe a collective obligation of the body politicke,”” to protect individual members from the tyranny of circumstance.  This idea of liberty was shared and possibly sowed the roots for the beginning of the revolutionary war (besides taxes).  In their mind, they shouldn’t have been told (by the British) what they can and can’t do from king thousands of miles away.

My idea of liberty is probably closest to a libertarian idea’s view of freedom.  I see freedom as an opportunity to achieve without the barriers of predetermination.  “Freedom from fear” is something that is fought upon in today’s politics all over the country.  Different terms of liberty define how we see the world today.   Fisher’s categories of liberty are still rooted in today’s view of American liberty.  Although some of fisher’s categories seem outdated as the USA has become a melting pot of culture. Hegemonic liberty is gone.  “We shall ever be more ready to support the government under which we find the most liberty.”  This has same meaning as it once did with one minor change.  Today Americans often find themselves dividing into categories of what their ideas of liberty are (Democrat, Republican, White, African- American, Hispanic, etc…).   Instead of the differing from the British Crown, it’s how they believe the country’s ideology should be going forward.