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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811731403321

Autore

Stout Harry S.

Titolo

The New England soul : preaching and religious culture in colonial New England / / Harry S. Stout

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1986

©1986

ISBN

1-280-52357-3

9786610523573

0-19-802101-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (411 p.)

Disciplina

251.00974

Soggetti

Preaching - New England - History

New England Religious life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; I: INVENTION, 1620-1665; 1 The Institutional Setting of the Sermon; 2 Regular Preaching and the Sequence of Salvation; 3 ""Sion's Out-Casts,""; II: ARRANGEMENT, 1666-1700; 4 Days of Trouble and Thankful Remembrances; 5 Returning unto God: The Conversion of the Children; 6 Perpetuating the Covenant in Uncertain Times: The Sermon at Century's End; III: STYLE, 1701-1730; 7 Anglicization; 8 Regular Preaching and the New Pietism; 9 Israel's Constitution; IV: DELIVERY, 1731-1763; 10 Awakening; 11 A New Balance; 12 War; V: MEMORY, 1764-1776; 13 Trust in God

14 A Nation Born at OnceEpilogue; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

This analysis of preaching in colonial New England examines more than 2000 sermons, spanning five generations of ministers, in order to reconstruct the full import of the colonial sermon as a multi-faceted institution that served both religious and political purposes.