The New-England's Memorial

The New-England's Memorial
Author: Nathaniel Morton
Publisher: Applewood Books
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2009-05
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1429018526

With our American Philosophy and Religion series, Applewood reissues many primary sources published throughout American history. Through these books, scholars, interpreters, students, and non-academics alike can see the thoughts and beliefs of Americans who came before us.

Darkness Falls on the Land of Light

Darkness Falls on the Land of Light
Author: Douglas L. Winiarski
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 632
Release: 2017-02-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 1469628279

This sweeping history of popular religion in eighteenth-century New England examines the experiences of ordinary people living through extraordinary times. Drawing on an unprecedented quantity of letters, diaries, and testimonies, Douglas Winiarski recovers the pervasive and vigorous lay piety of the early eighteenth century. George Whitefield's preaching tour of 1740 called into question the fundamental assumptions of this thriving religious culture. Incited by Whitefield and fascinated by miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit--visions, bodily fits, and sudden conversions--countless New Englanders broke ranks with family, neighbors, and ministers who dismissed their religious experiences as delusive enthusiasm. These new converts, the progenitors of today's evangelical movement, bitterly assaulted the Congregational establishment. The 1740s and 1750s were the dark night of the New England soul, as men and women groped toward a restructured religious order. Conflict transformed inclusive parishes into exclusive networks of combative spiritual seekers. Then as now, evangelicalism emboldened ordinary people to question traditional authorities. Their challenge shattered whole communities.

Burial and Death in Colonial North America

Burial and Death in Colonial North America
Author: Robyn S. Lacy
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2020-09-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 1789730430

This book explores the relationship and organization of 17th Century burial landscapes within their associated settlements and the wider setting of colonial northeast British North America to provide readers with a more holistic understanding of settlers’ relationship with mortality.