Mathers
Three Generations of Puritan Intellectuals, 1596–1728
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Paperback / softback
£31.00
Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN: 9780520219304
Number of Pages: 458
Width: 15.2 cm
Height: 22.9 cm
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 Delving into the Mathers' private papers and unpublished writings as well as their sermons and published works, Middlekauff describes a Puritan theory of religious experience that is more creative, complex, and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.
BOOK I RICHARD MATHER (1596-1669): HISTORY
I The Founder
2 The Antichrist
3 The Church
4 The Word
BOOK 11 INCREASE MATHER (1639-1723): TYPOLOGY
5 An Unripened Puritan
6 The Invention of New England
7 The Church of the Pure
8 The Invisible World
9 The Word in Boston
10 Chiliasm
BOOK III COTTON MATHER (1663-1728): PROPHECY
11 The Virtuous Epicure
12 Christian Union and the Meaning of New England
13 The Psychology of Abasement
14 Christ and the Covenant
15 The Failure of Reformation
16 The Experimental Philosophy
17 The Experimental Religion
18 The Prophecy of Joel
19 "On the Borders of Paradise"
NOTES
A Note on the Sources
INDEX
I The Founder
2 The Antichrist
3 The Church
4 The Word
BOOK 11 INCREASE MATHER (1639-1723): TYPOLOGY
5 An Unripened Puritan
6 The Invention of New England
7 The Church of the Pure
8 The Invisible World
9 The Word in Boston
10 Chiliasm
BOOK III COTTON MATHER (1663-1728): PROPHECY
11 The Virtuous Epicure
12 Christian Union and the Meaning of New England
13 The Psychology of Abasement
14 Christ and the Covenant
15 The Failure of Reformation
16 The Experimental Philosophy
17 The Experimental Religion
18 The Prophecy of Joel
19 "On the Borders of Paradise"
NOTES
A Note on the Sources
INDEX