Essays to Do Good

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book essay collection

Essays to Do Good is a 1710 collection of moral and religious essays by Puritan minister Cotton Mather that urges Christians to engage in practical benevolence and social reform.

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Essays to Do Good canonical 1
Essays to Do Good; or, Treatises on Doing Good 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
essay collection ⓘ
advocates active engagement in community welfare ⓘ
philanthropy ⓘ
social responsibility of Christians ⓘ
associatedWith Puritanism ⓘ
surface form: New England Puritan culture
author Cotton Mather ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Colonial America ⓘ
genre Christian devotional literature ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ
religious literature ⓘ
hasAlternativeTitle Essays to Do Good ⓘ
surface form: Essays to Do Good; or, Treatises on Doing Good
hasSubject encouraging virtue in others ⓘ
organization of charitable societies ⓘ
personal piety expressed through action ⓘ
public-spirited citizenship ⓘ
responsibility of the educated and affluent ⓘ
use of wealth for the common good ⓘ
visiting and relieving the poor ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 18th century ⓘ
influenced 18th-century American moral reform movements ⓘ
American philanthropic thought ⓘ
Benjamin Franklin ⓘ
influencedBy Puritan ethics ⓘ
Reformed churches ⓘ
surface form: Reformed theology
intendedAudience lay Christians ⓘ
ministers ⓘ
social and civic leaders ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm essay ⓘ
mainTheme Christian charity ⓘ
duty to do good works ⓘ
moral responsibility ⓘ
practical benevolence ⓘ
social reform ⓘ
notableFor emphasis on practical Christianity ⓘ
influence on early American ideas of philanthropy ⓘ
linking personal piety with civic responsibility ⓘ
placeOfPublication Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston
publicationYear 1710 ⓘ
purpose to encourage Christians to perform good works ⓘ
to promote social and moral reform ⓘ
to provide practical guidance for benevolence ⓘ
religiousTradition Protestant Christianity ⓘ
Puritanism ⓘ
structure collection of separate essays ⓘ

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Cotton Mather → notableWork → Essays to Do Good ⓘ
Essays to Do Good → hasAlternativeTitle → Essays to Do Good ⓘ
this entity surface form: Essays to Do Good; or, Treatises on Doing Good