First American Evangelical

A Short Life of Cotton Mather

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Rick Kennedy

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Library of Religious Biography (LRB)

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Cotton Mather (1663-1728) was America's most famous pastor and scholar at the beginning of the eighteenth century. People today generally associate him with the infamous Salem witch trials, but that picture has mostly come down to us from one unreliable, antagonistic source. This biography by Rick Kennedy, based largely on new research by an international team of scholars, corrects misconceptions of Cotton Mather and focuses on the way he tried to promote, socially and intellectually, a biblical lifestyle. As older Puritan hopes in New England were giving way to a broader and shallower Protestantism, Mather led a populist, Bible-oriented movement that embraced the new century -- the beginning of a dynamic evangelical tradition that eventually became a major force in American culture.

Author Biography:

Rick Kennedy is Professor of History at Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, California, and the author of Jesus, History, and Mt. Darwin: An Academic Excursion and various books and articles on the history of colonial New England.

Release date NZ

July 6th, 2015

Author

Rick Kennedy

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Pages

176

Series

Library of Religious Biography (LRB)

Dimensions

152x229x5

ISBN-13

9780802872111

Product ID

22683998

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