Religion in Colonial America

by Jon Butler

Book Overview

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 Protestant denominations 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195119983
• ISBN13: 9780195119985
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 9.2" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12