Essays to Do Good
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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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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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essay collection → |
| advocates |
active engagement in community welfare
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philanthropy → social responsibility of Christians → |
| associatedWith |
Puritanism
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surface form: "New England Puritan culture"
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| author | Cotton Mather → |
| countryOfOrigin | Colonial America → |
| genre |
Christian devotional literature
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moral philosophy → religious literature → |
| hasAlternativeTitle |
Essays to Do Good
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surface form: "Essays to Do Good; or, Treatises on Doing Good"
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| hasSubject |
encouraging virtue in others
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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
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American philanthropic thought → Benjamin Franklin → |
| influencedBy |
Puritan ethics
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Reformed churches →
surface form: "Reformed theology"
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| intendedAudience |
lay Christians
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ministers → social and civic leaders → |
| language | English → |
| literaryForm | essay → |
| mainTheme |
Christian charity
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duty to do good works → moral responsibility → practical benevolence → social reform → |
| notableFor |
emphasis on practical Christianity
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influence on early American ideas of philanthropy → linking personal piety with civic responsibility → |
| placeOfPublication |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form: "Boston"
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| publicationYear | 1710 → |
| purpose |
to encourage Christians to perform good works
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to promote social and moral reform → to provide practical guidance for benevolence → |
| religiousTradition |
Protestant Christianity
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Puritanism → |
| structure | collection of separate essays → |
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this entity surface form: "Essays to Do Good; or, Treatises on Doing Good"