TY - GEN T1 - The Mathers : three generations of Puritan intellectuals, 1596-1728 A1 - Middlekauff, Robert LA - English PP - Berkeley PB - University of California Press YR - 1999 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm44958311 AB - 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 Delving into the Mathers' private papers and unpublished writings as well as their sermons and published works, Middlekauff describes a Puritan theory of religious experience that is more creative, complex, and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. OP - 440 CN - F67.M47 M53 1999eb SN - 9780520923119 SN - 0520923111 SN - 0585079102 SN - 9780585079103 SN - 0520219309 SN - 9780520219304 KW - Mather, Richard, : 1596-1669. KW - Mather, Increase, : 1639-1723. KW - Mather, Cotton, : 1663-1728. KW - Mather, Cotton, : 1663-1728 KW - Mather, Increase, : 1639-1723 KW - Mather, Richard, : 1596-1669 KW - Puritans : Massachusetts : Biography. KW - Massachusetts : Intellectual life : 17th century. KW - Massachusetts : Intellectual life : 18th century. KW - Puritains : Massachusetts : Biographies. KW - Massachusetts : Vie intellectuelle : 17e siècle. KW - Massachusetts : Vie intellectuelle : 18e siècle. KW - RELIGION : Christianity : Presbyterian. KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY : Religious. KW - HISTORY : United States : General. KW - Intellectual life KW - Puritans KW - Massachusetts KW - 1600-1799 KW - 18th century. KW - american history. KW - baptism. KW - biography. KW - boston. KW - christian history. KW - christian. KW - church doctrine. KW - church history. KW - colonial america. KW - colonies. KW - cotton mather. KW - early american history. KW - faith. KW - history. KW - increase mather. KW - massachusetts. KW - new england. KW - nonfiction. KW - preacher. KW - puritans. KW - reason. KW - religion. KW - religious experience. KW - religious history. KW - richard mather. KW - science. KW - sermons. KW - spirituality. KW - theology. KW - witch trials. KW - Biographies ER -