During our unit on "The Enlightenment" we have read a variety of authors ranging in topics from sermons to self help narratives. Each of the blogs have expressed how our class perceived various authors. While each blog is worth reading here are a few that can be referenced for further insight on each author. Four authors really stood out to me as making a strong impact on the Enlightenment period, as a whole.
Johnathan Edwards
If you found Johnathan Edwards' Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, intriqueing because it dealt with a new way of looking at Christians, without sugar coating anything, you should check out Tanisha's Blog. She points out how it is important to see the greatness of God and not His possible desire to punish us.
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was a man with a plan. If you found him to relate to your need to have every minute of your day mean something, then you should check out Julia's Blog. Here she talks about Franklin's chart measuring his success rate and what she found interesting about his need to be successful.
John and Abigail Adams
John and Abigail Adams communicated for almost 10 years of their lives through letters to each other. In class we read a few of these letters and talked about how this communication worked and did not work. We also discussed the lack of affection shown between the two. Nicole's Blog talked a lot about this lack of affection, she says, "It did not seem like they had much affection for each other but I guess how much affection can you show in a letter?" This is very interesting, check out the rest of her blog to see what she thinks!
All of the authors we read had something amazing to say, however, these four authors seemed to be able to capture the new period in their own unique ways.
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