Race and Redemption in Puritan New England (Hardcover)

Although puritans in 17th-century New England lived alongside both Native Americans and Africans, the white New Englanders imagined their neighbors as something culturally and intellectually distinct from themselves. Legally and practically, they saw people of color as simultaneously human and less than human, things to be owned. Yet all of these people remained New Englanders, regardless of the color of their skin, and this posed a problem for puritans. In order to fulfill John Winthrop's dream of a "city on a hill," New England's churches needed to contain all New Englanders. To deal with this problem, white New Englanders generally turned to familiar theological constructs to redeem not only themselves and their actions (including their participation in race-based slavery) but also to redeem the colonies' Africans and Native Americans. Richard A. Bailey draws on diaries, letters, sermons, court documents, newspapers, church records, and theological writings to tell the story of the religious and racial tensions in puritan New England.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Religion in America
Release date:	May 2011
First published:	April 2011
Authors:	Richard A Bailey (Associate Professor of History)
Dimensions:	238 x 167 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-536659-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > History of religion Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Slavery & emancipation Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian theology > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian theology > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > History of religion Books > Christianity > Christian theology Promotions
LSN:	0-19-536659-X
Barcode:	9780195366594

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