Hot Protestants: a history of Puritanism in England and America

Rise and retreat, 1540-1630: The seeds of Puritanism -- Proto-Puritans in exile -- The birth panges of Puritan England -- The Elizabethan Puritan political movement -- The Puritan path to heaven -- Taming Puritanism -- The lure of the Atlantic -- Reformations, 1630-1660: John Cotton comes to Massach...

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Main Author: Winship, Michael P. 1952- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: New Haven London Yale University Press [2018]
In:Year: 2018
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B England / USA / Puritanism / Puritans / History 1540-1690
B New England / Puritans / Religious identity / Church policy / History 1630-1700
Further subjects:B Puritans
B Puritans History 17th century
B Puritans History 17th century
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Summary:Rise and retreat, 1540-1630: The seeds of Puritanism -- Proto-Puritans in exile -- The birth panges of Puritan England -- The Elizabethan Puritan political movement -- The Puritan path to heaven -- Taming Puritanism -- The lure of the Atlantic -- Reformations, 1630-1660: John Cotton comes to Massachusetts -- Protestant Reformation and counter-Reformation in the 1630s -- A miraculous year goes bad -- The wobbly rise and precipitous collapse of Presbyterian England -- Shaking out antichrist in the 1650s -- Consolidating reformation in New England -- Old England's corruptions come to New England -- Waban's reformation -- Twilight, 1660-1689: English Puritanism under persecution -- English Puritanism goes public again -- Religious pluralism comes to Puritan New England -- New England's reformations come of age -- New England's Puritan autonomy ends -- Endings, 1689-1690s: Hopes raised and dashed -- The final parting of the ways for English Puritans -- A godly massacre of the innocents in post-Puritan Massachusetts
ISBN:030012628X