The landscape served as a catechist, carefully drilling the catechumen in lessons of the holy.
Belden Lane. Puritan Reading of the New England Landscape. pp132
I have to confess that I didn’t really digest all the material I have read for class today. It might have been a lack of concentration or just simply overwhelmed by the amount of stuff I have to do; I can’t figure out the connection between the four readings or even the connection between the first page and the last page of the passage. However, I do like this metaphor/personification of landscape as Lane delineates. Landscape for Puritans is the gist of their freedoms, their imagination and their love towards God. The environment is the backbone of their believes, structuring the fundamental idea of Puritanism- reshaping the spiritual world. “God is not to be understood but to be adored.” What a strange way to describe God. I was brought up without any religious affiliation, and I was taken in to the spiritual world not long ago. I can never truly understand the relationship, but at least I could adore his creation- the scenery on earth.
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