... worship attendance, which however, led to further declines of religious commitment. However, with preachers such as Jonathan Edwards, in his notable sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God", stating that "The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider or some loathsome insect over the fire, abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked. (5b2)", and ... logic and reason, basing religion on the sciences, law, and mathematics, while the Great Awakening evoked greater emotional feeling, and joining all classes together, indoctrinating that all were sinners in God's e...

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... the Romantic ideal by humanity's ongoing pursuit of progress and knowledge, a consequence of the Enlightenment Era and the Industrial Revolution. Victor's overreaching ambition to overcome the natural boundaries by taking God's creator role is highlighted in the metaphor "Life and death appeared to me ideal boundsI should break through." Victor's hubris criticizes aspects of Enlightenment rationalism which attempted to control natural ... foundation of power in this new society valuing capitalism and consumerism, a shift from the Enlightenment's foundation in knowledge and scienc...

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... a major advocate of diminishing the supernatural beliefs forced upon society by the church and replaced them with deism. Deists perceived the world in a very rational way, as they believed that God created the universe and set it into motion in accordance with natural laws. These beliefs that defied the basic doctrines of the church were spread freely during the Enlightenment and ... ...

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... new enlightened movement stood the anciently entrenched regime of absolute monarchy, as depicted within the Duke of Brunswick's aforementioned quote in regards to the king's legitimacy. Claiming direct authority from God based upon belief in the divine right of kings, the monarchy believed in its supremacy and approached absolutism in such a way that it inevitably progressed itself into total isolation from ... ...

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