Transgressing the bounds : subversive enterprises among the Puritan elite in Massachusetts, 1630-1692 /

This study offers a new interpretation of the puritan 'Antinomian' controversy and a skilful analysis of its wider and long term social and cultural significance. Breen argues that the controversy both reflected and fostered larger questions of identity that would persist in puritan New En...

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Main Author: Breen, Louise A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Series:Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This study offers a new interpretation of the puritan 'Antinomian' controversy and a skilful analysis of its wider and long term social and cultural significance. Breen argues that the controversy both reflected and fostered larger questions of identity that would persist in puritan New England throughout the 17th century.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 292 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-282) and index.
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