04006nam 2201033Ia 450 99624791360331620210624020717.01-280-08963-697866135203330-520-92311-10-585-07910-210.1525/9780520923119(CKB)111004366723954(EBL)223612(OCoLC)44958311(SSID)ssj0000084497(PQKBManifestationID)11125771(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000084497(PQKBWorkID)10165716(PQKB)10780000(MiAaPQ)EBC223612(MdBmJHUP)muse30907(DE-B1597)519063(DE-B1597)9780520923119(Au-PeEL)EBL223612(CaPaEBR)ebr10540424(dli)HEB00735(MiU)MIU01000000000000003865579(EXLCZ)9911100436672395419981104e19991971 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrThe Mathers three generations of Puritan intellectuals, 1596-1728 /Robert Middlekauff1st University of California Press paperback.Berkeley University of California Press19991 online resource (459 p.)Originally published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1971.0-520-21930-9 Includes bibliographic references (p. 369-427) and index.Front matter --Preface to the Paperback Edition --Notes --Preface --Contents --BOOK ONE. RICHARD MATHER (1596-1669): HISTORY --BOOK TWO. INCREASE MATHER (1639-1723): TYPOLOGY --BOOK THREE. COTTON MATHER (1663-1728): PROPHECY --Notes --IndexIn this classic work of American religious history, Robert Middlekauff traces the evolution of Puritan thought and theology in America from its origins in New England through the early eighteenth century. He focuses on three generations of intellectual ministers-Richard, Increase, and Cotton Mather-in order to challenge the traditional telling of the secularization of Puritanism, a story of faith transformed by reason, science, and business. Delving into the Mathers' private papers and unpublished writings as well as their sermons and published works, Middlekauff describes a Puritan theory of religious experience that is more creative, complex, and uncompromising than traditional accounts have allowed. At the same time, he portrays changing ideas and patterns of behavior that reveal much about the first hundred years of American life.PuritansMassachusettsBiographyMassachusettsIntellectual life17th centuryMassachusettsIntellectual life18th century18th century.american history.baptism.biography.boston.christian history.christian.church doctrine.church history.colonial america.colonies.cotton mather.early american history.faith.history.increase mather.massachusetts.new england.nonfiction.preacher.puritans.reason.religion.religious experience.religious history.richard mather.science.sermons.spirituality.theology.witch trials.Puritans285/.8/0922744BMiddlekauff Robert891032MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996247913603316The Mathers2363489UNISA