Middlekauff, Robert. <br/><br/>
The Mathers :  three generations of Puritan intellectuals, 1596-1728 / 
Robert Middlekauff. 
 - Berkeley :  University of California Press,  1999. 
 - 1 online resource (xviii, 440 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-427) and index. 
<br/><br/> Frontmatter --  Preface to the Paperback Edition --  Notes --  Preface --  Contents --  BOOK ONE. RICHARD MATHER (1596-1669): HISTORY --  BOOK TWO. INCREASE MATHER (1639-1723): TYPOLOGY --  BOOK THREE. COTTON MATHER (1663-1728): PROPHECY --  Notes --  Index 
<br/><br/> In this classic work of American religious history, Robert Middlekauff traces the evolution of Puritan thought and theology in America from its origins in New England through the early eighteenth century. He focuses on three generations of intellectual ministers--Richard, Increase, and Cotton Mather--in order to challenge the traditional telling of the secularization of Puritanism, a story of faith transformed by reason, science, and business. Delving into the Mathers' private papers and unpublished writings as well as their sermons and published works, Middlekauff describes a Puritan theory of religious experience that is more creative, complex, and uncompromising than traditional accounts have allowed. At the same time, he portrays changing ideas and patterns of behavior that reveal much about the first hundred years of American life. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780520923119 0520923111 0585079102 9780585079103 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Mather, Richard, 1596-1669. <br/>Mather, Increase, 1639-1723. <br/>Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728. <br/>Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728 <br/>Mather, Increase, 1639-1723 <br/>Mather, Richard, 1596-1669 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>1600-1799 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Puritans--Massachusetts--Biography.<br/>RELIGION--Christianity--Presbyterian.<br/>BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Religious.<br/>HISTORY--General.--United States<br/>Intellectual life.<br/>Puritans.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Massachusetts--Intellectual life--17th century.<br/>Massachusetts--Intellectual life--18th century.<br/>Massachusetts.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>Electronic books.<br/>Biographies.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F67.M47  / M53 1999eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>285/.8/0922744  B