02553nam 22005774a 450 991045190160332120200520144314.01-281-16236-197866111623680-19-804423-21-4356-1796-7(CKB)1000000000482298(EBL)415587(OCoLC)191027922(SSID)ssj0000210936(PQKBManifestationID)11194420(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000210936(PQKBWorkID)10292402(PQKB)10814757(MiAaPQ)EBC415587(Au-PeEL)EBL415587(CaPaEBR)ebr10212027(CaONFJC)MIL116236(EXLCZ)99100000000048229820070613d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrNew world faiths[electronic resource] religion in colonial America /Jon ButlerOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20081 online resource (204 p.)Religion in American lifeDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-533310-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-166) and index.Worlds old and new --Religion and missions in New Spain and New France --Religion in England's first colonies --The flowering of religious diversity --African and American Indian religion --Reviving colonial religion --Religion and the American Revolution.Many people believe that the piety of the Pilgrims typified early American religion. However, by the 1730's 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.Religion in American life.United StatesReligionTo 1800Electronic books.200.973/0903Butler Jon1940-791410MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451901603321New world faiths2116927UNINA