1. Age of Faith and the Age of Reason Puritans and the Founding Fathers Believers become Thinkers

2. Power Vocab Age of Faith:Age of Reason: colonialismfree will faithreason predestinationparallel structure biascredibility

3. What’s around you? Age of Faith  Otherworldliness  Devoted to preparing for a world to come Age of Reason  Worldliness  Devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs

4. Who is in charge? Age of Faith  Divine, God-centered world  God, the Devil, angels, and demons regularly affect events on earth. Age of Reason  Man-centered world.  God is hands off. He started the world then let it go.

5. Deism and the Clockmaker God  Most founding fathers ascribed to a belief in Deism. They believed in God but not his divine intervention on earth. Human beings and their reason were entirely in control of their fates.

6. Where is the guidance? Age of Faith  Live, breathe, sleep the Holy Bible. Age of Reason  Reason it out!  What do you think?

7. Who’s running the universe? Age of Faith  Providence is in CHARGE! Age of Reason  Universe = machine set in motion.  Universe runs on its own accord

8. What to think about God? Age of Faith  I love him, but oh do I fear him!  Cause for everything Age of Reason  Remote/impersonal intelligence  “First Cause”  Started machine (universe) then left it to operate with math and physical law of nature.

9. What about His “son”? Age of Faith  Son of God Age of Reason  Son of man How is this different?

10. Enough about God, what is a human?  Man = Spiritual being in the flesh  Man: At birth is a blank slate void of ideas and principles

11. What’s my destiny? Age of Faith  Few “elect” chosen for salvation  Predestination Age of Reason  Pursuit of happiness.  Free will

12. How to spend your time: Age of Faith  Read the Bible!  Work!  Go to Church!  Repeat! Age of Reason  Proper study of man is man.  Look around you!  Think about it!  Reason it out!  Fix it!

13. Government Age of Faith  Aristocracy: government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class (Webster dictionary) Age of Reason  Leadership by those who are naturally the best, regardless of class.

14. Why is everyone so evil? Age of Faith  Original sin: Eve taking fruit from the forbidden tree Age of Reason  Civilization's evils explained by unsound social environment