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Making Heretics: Militant Protestantism and Free Grace in Massachusetts, 1636-1641
Michael P. Winship
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Description for Making Heretics: Militant Protestantism and Free Grace in Massachusetts, 1636-1641
Hardback. A narrative of the famous Massachusetts disputes of the late 1630s misleadingly labeled the "antinomian controversy" by later historians. It recasts these interlocked religious and political struggles as a complex interaction of personalities and personal agendas and as a succession of short-term events with cumulative results. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; HBJK; HBLH; HRCC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 628.
Making Heretics is a major new narrative of the famous Massachusetts disputes of the late 1630s misleadingly labeled the "antinomian controversy" by later historians. Drawing on an unprecedented range of sources, Michael Winship fundamentally recasts these interlocked religious and political struggles as a complex ongoing interaction of personalities and personal agendas and as a succession of short-term events with cumulative results. Previously neglected figures like Sir Henry Vane and John Wheelwright assume leading roles in the processes that nearly ended Massachusetts, while more familiar "hot Protestants" like John Cotton and Anne Hutchinson are relocated in larger frameworks. The book features ... Read more
Making Heretics is a major new narrative of the famous Massachusetts disputes of the late 1630s misleadingly labeled the "antinomian controversy" by later historians. Drawing on an unprecedented range of sources, Michael Winship fundamentally recasts these interlocked religious and political struggles as a complex ongoing interaction of personalities and personal agendas and as a succession of short-term events with cumulative results. Previously neglected figures like Sir Henry Vane and John Wheelwright assume leading roles in the processes that nearly ended Massachusetts, while more familiar "hot Protestants" like John Cotton and Anne Hutchinson are relocated in larger frameworks. The book features ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691089430
SKU
V9780691089430
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About Michael P. Winship
Michael P. Winship is Professor of History at the University of Georgia and the author of Seers of God: Puritan Providentialism in the Restoration and Early Enlightenment.
Reviews for Making Heretics: Militant Protestantism and Free Grace in Massachusetts, 1636-1641
"A major and refreshingly original study... A remarkable portrait of how Puritanism generated and attempted and finally failed to control divergence from orthodoxy."
Iain S. Maclean, James Madison University, Religious Studies Review "A fresh account of the famous battle between the conservative and moderate leaders of the first generation of New England Puritanism ... and more radical proponents of free grace ... Read more
Iain S. Maclean, James Madison University, Religious Studies Review "A fresh account of the famous battle between the conservative and moderate leaders of the first generation of New England Puritanism ... and more radical proponents of free grace ... Read more