| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 183 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Religion in American life
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Religion in American life.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-166) and index. |
| Contents |
Worlds old and new -- Religion and missions in New Spain and New France -- Religion in England's first colonies -- Flowering of religious diversity -- African and American Indian religion -- Reviving colonial religion -- Religion and the American Revolution. |
| Summary |
Many people believe that the piety of the Pilgrims typified early American religion. However, by the 1730s Catholics, Jews, and Africans had joined Native Americans, Puritans, and numerous other Protestants in the colonies. Jon Butler launches his narrative with a description of the state of religious affairs in both the Old and New Worlds. He explores the failure of John Winthrop's goal to achieve Puritan perfection, the controversy over Anne Hutchinson's tenacious faith, the evangelizing stamina of ex-slave and Methodist preacher Absalom Jones, and the spiritual resilience of the Catawba Ind. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States -- Religion -- To 1800.
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United States. |
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Religion. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1800 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Butler, Jon, 1940- New world faiths. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008 9780195333107 0195333101 (DLC) 2007024916 (OCoLC)145431681 |
| ISBN |
9780198044239 (electronic book) |
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0198044232 (electronic book) |
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9780195333107 (alkaline paper) |
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0195333101 (alkaline paper) |
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9781435617964 (electronic book) |
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1435617967 (electronic book) |
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1281162361 |
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9781281162366 |
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