The Story So Far
Problems:
•
EXTREME RELIGIOUS
CONTROVERSY
•
King and Pope may/may
not represent God’s will
•
Periodic Plagues
•
Eternal Salvation
Problems:
•
Not enough food (i.e. not
enough land)
•
Plagues
•
Wars
•
Abusive Knights
•
Eternal Salvation
Medieval Time
1500
•
•
•
1530s: Henry VIII 1560s: Puritan
Breaks from
Movement Begins
Catholicism
1532: Thomas Moore
beheaded
Solutions:
•
Deep devotion to Church
•
King distributes resources
•
King enforces law
•
King and Church enforce
religion
• Check lust for money
• Check lust for power
• Check lust for sex
(25-40% of central Europeans killed)
Eternal Salvation
King (or Pope) may or may not represent
God’s will
Periodic Plagues
1600
1517: Luther’s Theses
1492: Columbus
Discovers America
Problems:
•
EXTREME RELIGIOUS CONTROVERSY
Solutions:
•
Faith a matter of
conscience
•
Search Bible for belief
•
Fight for your faith
•
Your chosen authority
acts as:
• Check for money lust
• Check for power lust
• Check for sexual lust
Problems:
•
RELIGIOUS CONTROVERSY
•
Competition over colonial
wealth
•
Eternal Salvation
Scientific revolution underway
1615: Galileo Argues
for Sun-centered
1642-51: English Civil War
solar system
1700
1618-1648: Thirty Years War
1610s:
Jamestown
1630s: Mass Bay Colony
Growing wealth in Europe through trade with Americas and Africa
Solutions:
•
Faith a matter of
conscience
•
Search Bible for belief
•
Fight for your faith; or
•
Flee to Americas and start
over
Solutions:
•
Adoption of ideas of
“balance” as a means to
find “reason” in personal
conduct and government
•
Growing willingness to
allow for diversity of
views on religion
•
Search for alternatives to
God’s will as explanation
for “nature”
The Story So Far
Medieval Time
1500
(25-40% of central Europeans killed)
•
•
•
1600
1517: Luther’s Theses
1492: Columbus
Discovers America
1530s: Henry VIII 1560s: Puritan
Breaks from
Movement Begins
Catholicism
1532: Thomas Moore
beheaded
Solutions:
•
Deep devotion to Church
•
King distributes resources
•
King enforces law
•
King and Church enforce
religion
• Check lust for money
• Check lust for power
• Check lust for sex
Problems:
•
EXTREME RELIGIOUS CONTROVERSY
Problems:
•
EXTREME RELIGIOUS
CONTROVERSY
•
King and Pope may/may
not represent God’s will
•
Periodic Plagues
•
Eternal Salvation
Problems:
•
Not enough food (i.e. not
enough land)
•
Plagues
•
Wars
•
Abusive Knights
•
Eternal Salvation
Solutions:
•
Faith a matter of
conscience
•
Search Bible for belief
•
Fight for your faith
•
Your chosen authority
acts as:
• Check for money lust
• Check for power lust
• Check for sexual lust
Eternal Salvation
King (or Pope) may or may not
represent God’s will
Periodic Plagues
Problems:
•
RELIGIOUS CONTROVERSY
•
Competition over colonial
wealth
•
Eternal Salvation
Scientific revolution underway
1615: Galileo Argues
for Sun-centered
1642-51: English Civil War
solar system
1700
1618-1648: Thirty Years War
1610s:
Jamestown
1630s: Mass Bay Colony
Growing wealth in Europe through trade with Americas and Africa
Solutions:
•
Faith a matter of
conscience
•
Search Bible for belief
•
Fight for your faith; or
•
Flee to Americas and start
over
Solutions:
•
Adoption of ideas of
“balance” as a means to
find “reason” in personal
conduct and government
•
Growing willingness to
allow for diversity of
views on religion
•
Search for alternatives to
God’s will as explanation
for “nature”
