The similarity between the English Puritans of old and the current American "religious right" is amazing. Could Dubya be an AMERICAN CROMWELL...?
The book SOCIETY AND PURITANISM is an interesting exploration of the old Puritans, who were said to love God with all their soul, but hate their neighbors with all their heart.
The old Puritans "went to church to get their news" it was said...sound like anybody we know?
While old Puritans initially were opposed to the "state religion" of England...they later made an attempt to impose their religious views on everyone during the Cromwell period...could this be the plan of the religious right today?
America has been subject to "revivalism" before...there was the Great Awakening in the 18th Century and the "burnt over districts" of upper New York state in the 1830's.
Indeed, could these "revivalist tendancies" and PURITANISM HAVE BEEN THE FASCISM of the pre-20th Centruy societies? Remember the witch hunts of Old Salem....?
History often rhymns....when it doesnt repeat itself outright.
