美国文学简史名词解释定义.doc

文档介绍：AmericanPuritanism:,itsentanoffshootinthethirdandforthdecadesoftheseventeenthcenturytothenorthernEnglishcoloniesintheNewWorld---amigrationthatlaidthefoundationforthereligious,intellectual,andsocialorderofNewEngland,Puritanism,however,wasnotonlyahistoricallyspecificphenomenoncoincidentwiththefoundingofNewEngland;itwasalsoawayofbeingintheworld---astyleofresponsetolivedexperience---,PuritansadheredtotheFivePointsofCalvinismascodifiedattheSynodofDortin1619:(1)unconditionalelection(theideathatGodhaddecreedwhowasdamnedandwhowassavedfrombeforethebeginningoftheworld);(2)limitedatonement(theideathatChristdiedfortheelectonly);(3)totaldepravity(humanity'suttercorruptionsincetheFall);(4)irresistiblegrace(regenerationasentirelyaworkofGod,whichcannotberesistedandtowhichthesinnercontributesnothing);and(5)theperseveranceofthesaints(theelect,despitetheirbackslidingandfaintnessofheart,cannotfallawayfromgrace).AmericanDream:TheAmericanDreamisthefaithheldbymanyintheUnitedStatesofAmericathatthroughhardwork,courage,anddeterminationonecanachieveabetterlifeforoneself,,\