THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND EARLY AMERICAN RELIGIOUS RHETORIC FROM THE PURITAN POLITICAL SERMONS

Authors

Ryan D. Nelson, Brigham Young University
Dr. Neal Lambert, Brigham Young University

Keywords

Declaration of Independence, early American religion, Puritan political sermons

College

Humanities

Department

Comparative Arts and Letters

Abstract

For this work, I attempted to look closer at the influence that the early Puritan political sermons had upon the writing of the Declaration of Independence. Although an interesting topic to study in general, I found it necessary to consistently revise my research to become more specific. Since the Puritan political sermons are hard to come by, I analyzed the political sermons from the best compilation up to date; that from Sandoz. 1

Recommended Citation

Nelson, Ryan D. and Lambert, Dr. Neal (2013) "THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND EARLY AMERICAN RELIGIOUS RHETORIC FROM THE PURITAN POLITICAL SERMONS," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013: Iss. 1, Article 684.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/684