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He began in the center of a Puritan's life with the husband and wife relationship, but with each succeeding chapter, slowly expanded the view of relationships to include parents and children, masters and servants, the family and society, and finally the Puritan group as a whole. In each case, Morgan presented the order by which these relationships should take place, as well as the rationale behind the positioning of the different partners. But throughout all the discussion, Morgan is careful to remind the reader that this order he described is based on God's will, and that nothing can exist with the will of God permitting it to do so.
It has been suggested, with some justification, that the Puritan's possessed a world view that was biased toward themselves and their beliefs, and in effect, discriminated against Native Americans. (Simmons) and it is true that Morgan discussed the Puritan belief that Indians could be enslaved if captured in a just war, as well as the fact that Puritans also owned African slaves (justified through the master-servant relationship), Morgan rarely discussed Native Americans in his book. If...
Morgan called Catholics "meritmongers," and rejected their belief that good works can influence a person's ultimate fate. (Morgan, 4)
Finally, Morgan's the Puritan Family described Puritan life in New England, as well as the fundamental principles on which it was founded. It asserted that Puritan life is regulated by a series of interpersonal relationships, based on the natural order created by God, in which everyone played either a major or minor role. These relationships then expand outward from the individual family to include the whole of society, and Morgan asserted that by following this order and performing one's role, one is following the will of God.
Work Cited
Morgan, Edmund S. The Puritan Family: Religion & Domestic Relations in Seventeenth Century New England. New York: Harper & Row, 1966. Print.
Simmons, William. "Cultural Bias in the New England Puritans' Perception of Indians."
The William and Mary Quarterly 38.1 (1981): 56-72. Print.
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