New World Faiths Religion in Colonial America

Name: New World Faiths Religion in Colonial America
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ISBN: 9780195333107

ISBN-10: 0195333101

ISBN-13: 9780195333107

Edition: 2007

Authors: Jon Butler

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Many people believe that the piety of the Pilgrims typified early American religion. However, by the 1730s 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 Indians. The meeting of these diverse groups and their varied use of music, dance, and ritual produced…

Book details

List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/31/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 8.19" wide x 5.39" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.572
Language: English

Jon Butler is the William Robertson Coe Professor of American Studies and History, and Professor of Religious Studies, at Yale University.