The Indian Great Awakening
The Indian Great Awakening

Author: Linford D. Fisher

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2012-06-14

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 0199740046

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This book tells the gripping story of New England's Natives' efforts to reshape their worlds between the 1670s and 1820 as they defended their land rights, welcomed educational opportunities for their children, joined local white churches during the First Great Awakening (1740s), and over time refashioned Christianity for their own purposes.

Race and Redemption in Puritan New England
Race and Redemption in Puritan New England

Author: Richard A. Bailey

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2011-05-01

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 0199710627

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As colonists made their way to New England in the early seventeenth century, they hoped their efforts would stand as a "citty upon a hill." Living the godly life preached by John Winthrop would have proved difficult even had these puritans inhabited the colonies alone, but this was not the case: this new landscape included colonists from Europe, indigenous Americans, and enslaved Africans. In Race and Redemption in Puritan New England, Richard A. Bailey investigates the ways that colonial New Englanders used, constructed, and re-constructed their puritanism to make sense of their new realities. As they did so, they created more than a tenuous existence together. They also constructed race out of the spiritual freedom of puritanism.