Unity in Diversity presents a fresh appraisal of the vibrant and diverse culture of Stuart
Puritanism, provides a historiographical and historical survey of current issues within …

This essay surveys the relationship between puritanism and religious pluralism between
1559 and 1642. It examines the contradictory instincts towards inclusion and exclusion that …

Roger Williams is best known for publishing an ethnographic language guide to the
Narragansett Indians, A Key into the Language of America (1643), and a plea for religious …

Throughout the seventeenth century the Church of England experienced disintegration and
schism. Each Protestant party charged the other with breaking the unity of the church. For …

The execution of Charles I left the Puritans free to rule England and put their beliefs into
practice. Once Oliver Cromwell conquered Ireland, they began a process of radical change …

The prominence of dissent and the reconciliation of dissent in John Winthrop's History of
New England serves as a useful reminder that Massachusetts was not as monolithic as is …

Having provided essential background and context in Europe, from the Reformation period
on, this chapter opens with a personal glimpse of John Adams' own views on Mosaic and …

American legal scholars have debated for some time the need for a cultural defense in
criminal proceedings where minority cultural information seems perti nent to a finding of …

Abstract Peter Sterry was a Congregationalist preacher whose Puritan instincts and
assumptions always shaped him, but he was a Puritan for whom metaphysics also exerted …

When we talk about Dutch influences on New York we might begin with a threshold
question: What brought the Dutch here and how did those beginnings transform a …