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Darkness falls on the land of light : experiencing religious awakenings in eighteenth-century New England / Douglas L. Winiarski.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chapel Hill : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, [2017]Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 607 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781469628288
  • 1469628287
  • 1469652277
  • 9781469652276
  • 9781469628271
  • 1469628279
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Darkness falls on the land of light.DDC classification:
  • 277.4/07 23
LOC classification:
  • BR520 .W56 2017
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Note on Sources and Place Names; Introduction; PART ONE: Godly Walkers; I Sin in Coming Unworthily and I Sin in Staying Away Unworthily; The Loud Calls of Divine Providence; I Was Born in a Land of Light; That I Might Walk Answerable to My Profession; PART TWO: In a Flame; They Build upon a Sandy Foundation; An Extraordinary Work on Foot in the Land; New Converts; To Write So Freely of Your Own Experiences; PART THREE: Exercised Bodies, Impulsive Bibles; Peirced by the Word.
I Think I Have the Spirit of GodHis Name Was in the Book of Life; If This Bee Delusion Lett Mee Have More of It; PART FOUR: Pentecost and Protest; The Lord Opened My Mouth; They Can Hardly Be Neighbourly or Peaceable; He Would as Soon Give the Bread in the Sacrament to a Dog; Let Him Stand Up in the Day of Pentecost; PART FIVE: Travels; Out of the Fold; Holier Than Thou; Would Not Convert a Rat; Tohu and Bohu; Nothingarians; Epilogue; Appendix A: A Note on Church Affiliation Statistics; Appendix B: Major Relations of Faith Collections; Appendix C: Selected Relations of Faith, 1697-1801; Index.
AB; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.
Summary: "This ... history of popular religion in eighteenth-century New England examines the experiences of ordinary people living through extraordinary times. Drawing on an unprecedented quantity of letters, diaries, and testimonies, Douglas Winiarski recovers the pervasive and vigorous lay piety of the early eighteenth century"-- Provided by publisher

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This ... history of popular religion in eighteenth-century New England examines the experiences of ordinary people living through extraordinary times. Drawing on an unprecedented quantity of letters, diaries, and testimonies, Douglas Winiarski recovers the pervasive and vigorous lay piety of the early eighteenth century"-- Provided by publisher

Print version record.

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Note on Sources and Place Names; Introduction; PART ONE: Godly Walkers; I Sin in Coming Unworthily and I Sin in Staying Away Unworthily; The Loud Calls of Divine Providence; I Was Born in a Land of Light; That I Might Walk Answerable to My Profession; PART TWO: In a Flame; They Build upon a Sandy Foundation; An Extraordinary Work on Foot in the Land; New Converts; To Write So Freely of Your Own Experiences; PART THREE: Exercised Bodies, Impulsive Bibles; Peirced by the Word.

I Think I Have the Spirit of GodHis Name Was in the Book of Life; If This Bee Delusion Lett Mee Have More of It; PART FOUR: Pentecost and Protest; The Lord Opened My Mouth; They Can Hardly Be Neighbourly or Peaceable; He Would as Soon Give the Bread in the Sacrament to a Dog; Let Him Stand Up in the Day of Pentecost; PART FIVE: Travels; Out of the Fold; Holier Than Thou; Would Not Convert a Rat; Tohu and Bohu; Nothingarians; Epilogue; Appendix A: A Note on Church Affiliation Statistics; Appendix B: Major Relations of Faith Collections; Appendix C: Selected Relations of Faith, 1697-1801; Index.

AB; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.