Puritanism took over online fandom — and then came for the rest of the internet Story by Aja Romano • 11mo H ow did the internet become so puritanical? On social media, outspoken anti-sex ...

János Zoltan Csák surveys America in all its glorious contradiction—and renders trenchant warnings for our future.

First of all, I accuse the spirit of Puritanism for having fostered a false attitude toward the sex-instinct. Many a boy and girl brought up in a Puritan environment have come to regard the first ...

While contemporary writers persist in identifying close-mindedness and repression (or even aggression) as Puritanism's lasting contribution, Bremer hints that the puritan inheritance is more along ...

Edwards bestowed the riches of Puritanism on a world shaped by the Enlightenment. Modern Puritan." That's an oxymoron, right? Puritans, with their ultra-serious obsession with getting every detail ...

This evocative account of the author’s mother and aunt – identical twin sisters who stole the hearts of London’s 1930s intelligentsia – captures their closeness and lust for life ...

In addition, the book reassesses the role of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where Venning was educated, in shaping puritan thought, discusses Max Weber's ideas about puritanism and capitalism especially ...

New books examine the place of work in our lives—and how people throughout history have tried to change it. There’s a line in ...

Languages with more speakers, like Hindi and English, may not die out, but they can overshadow regional languages, eroding ...