New world faiths [[electronic resource] ] : religion in colonial America / / Jon Butler

• Autore: Butler Jon <1940->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (204 p.)
• Disciplina: 200.973/0903
• Soggetto geografico: United States Religion To 1800
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-166) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: New world faiths
• ISBN: 1-281-16236-1; 9786611162368; 0-19-804423-2; 1-4356-1796-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451901603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Religion in American life.