02288oam 2200457 450 991081069240332120190911103514.01-4674-4310-7(OCoLC)920466976(MiFhGG)GVRL8OIP(EXLCZ)99371000000047069320150204h20152015 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrThe first American evangelical a short life of Cotton Mather /Rick KennedyGrand Rapids, Michigan :William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company,[2015]�20151 online resource (xiv, 162 pages) illustrations, mapsLibrary of Religious BiographyBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8028-7211-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Library of religious biography.PuritansMassachusettsBiographyEvangelicalismUnited StatesHistoryMassachusettsHistoryColonial period, ca. 1600-1775PuritansEvangelicalismHistory.285.8092Kennedy Rick1958-1709234MiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910810692403321The first American evangelical4098846UNINA