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John Bunyan’s life story is usually associated with Puritanism, a term frequently misunderstood. Puritanism can hardly be categorised as a rigid system of ideas with a clearly-defined historical origin. It has no founder, and no specific date marks its beginning. It might more accurately be called a way of life or a characteristic spirit of certain Christian believers. Without question, The Pilgrim’s Progress is one of the chief avenues by which this Puritan spirit entered the mainstream of English tradition.
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© 1988 Beatrice Batson
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Batson, B. (1988). The Religious Background. In: The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan. Macmillan Master Guides. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09353-3_2
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