The Mathers : three generations of Puritan intellectuals, 1596-1728 / / Robert Middlekauff
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| Autore: |
Middlekauff Robert
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| Titolo: |
The Mathers : three generations of Puritan intellectuals, 1596-1728 / / Robert Middlekauff
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| Pubblicazione: | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 1999 |
| Edizione: | 1st University of California Press paperback. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (459 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 285/.8/0922744 |
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| Soggetto topico: | Puritans - Massachusetts |
| Soggetto geografico: | Massachusetts Intellectual life 17th century |
| Massachusetts Intellectual life 18th century | |
| Note generali: | Originally published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1971. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographic references (p. 369-427) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In 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 Delving into the Mathers' private papers and unpublished writings as well as their sermons and published works, Middlekauff describes a Puritan theory of religious experience that is more creative, complex, and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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Mathers |
| ISBN: | 1-280-08963-6 |
| 9786613520333 | |
| 0-520-92311-1 | |
| 0-585-07910-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910813349803321 |
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