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Autore |
Kennedy Rick <1958-> |
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Titolo |
The first American evangelical : a short life of Cotton Mather / / Rick Kennedy |
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Grand Rapids, Michigan : , : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, , [2015] |
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�2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiv, 162 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Collana |
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Library of Religious Biography |
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Soggetti |
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Puritans - Massachusetts |
Evangelicalism - United States - History |
Massachusetts History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. The last decades of Puritan Boston, 1663-1674 -- 2. Cambridge : city of books in the republic of letters, 1674-1681 -- 3. Listening for a call, 1681-1688 -- 4. Entanglements of church and state, 1688-1698 -- 5. The birth of the American evangelical tradition, 1698-1707 -- 6. A biblical enlightenment, 1707-1713 -- 7. The practice at the top of Christianity, 1713-1728. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This biography provides a new look at the life of Cotton Mather, America's most famous pastor and scholar at the beginning of the eighteenth century. It corrects misconceptions and focuses on how he sought to promote, socially and intellectually, a biblical lifestyle. It further looks at how he led a populist, Bible-oriented movement that embraced the new century--the beginning of a dynamic evangelical tradition that eventually became a major force in American culture. |
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