The Oxford Handbook of Puritanism
Consider why puritanism continues to matter culturally and academically in a program featuring editors and contributors to this new volume covering all aspects of English and North American puritanism.
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The Story of Bob: The Life and Times of Rev. Robert W. Wood
VirtualExplore the remarkable life of Rev. Robert (Bob) W. Wood, a World War II veteran and ordained UCC minister who strove to live and love authentically and advocated for the gay community in church and society.
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Exploring Cotton Mather’s Curiosa Americana
VirtualExplore Cotton Mather’s Curiosa Americana letters and understand more about his contributions to natural philosophy.
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Newport Gardner’s Anthem: A Story of Slavery, Struggle, and Survival in Early America
VirtualExplore the remarkable life of Occramer Marycoo, an enslaved African who went on to become a long-standing pillar of Newport's First Congregational Church and one of early America's most important Black leaders.
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Gathered Into a Church: Indigenous-English Congregationalism in Woodland New England
VirtualLearn how Massachusetts church records, digitized and made available through our New England Hidden Histories project, reveal a more realistic picture of the Indigenous-English Congregational experience.
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Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America
VirtualHear the story of genealogy’s attraction and power for individuals, families, and institutions in eighteenth-century British America that shaped Early America and American society today.
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Editing Cotton Mather’s Biblia Americana (1693-1728): America’s First Bible Commentary and Storehouse of Early Modern Learning
Congregational Library & Archives 14 Beacon Street, Boston, MA, United StatesHear the editors of the most recent volume of Cotton Mather’s Biblia Americana reflect on the work of creating critical editions of important religious texts.
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Insensible of Boundaries: Studies in Mary Ann Shadd Cary
VirtualJoin us to learn more about Mary Ann Shadd Cary (1823–1893) the trailblazing Black feminist, activist, journalist, and educator whose achievements can be traced across Canada and the United States.
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Religion in the Lands That Became America: A Virtual Book Talk with Thomas Tweed
VirtualJoin us to celebrate the release of Religion in the Lands That Became America and hear the author speak about his new, sweeping retelling of American religious history.
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The Wars of the Lord: A Virtual Book Talk with Matthew J. Tuininga
VirtualLearn how seventeenth-century puritans used a Christian framework to shape their spiritual and military conquests in colonial New England during the Pequot War and King Philip's War, which their clergymen called “wars of the Lord.”
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Lower than the Angels: A History of Sex and Christianity
VirtualJoin us to learn more about a three-thousand-year-long tale of Christians encountering sex, gender, and the family and attempting to make sense of themselves and of humanity’s deepest desires, fears, and hopes.
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Gone for Good? Negotiating the Coming Wave of Church Property Transition: A Virtual Roundtable
VirtualHear editor Mark Elsdon and several book contributors discuss some of the steps congregations can take to ensure their church’s legacy will be directed toward communal good rather than private interests.
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The World of Mary and Roger Williams
VirtualLearn more about Mary and Roger Williams, the influential seventeenth-century couple whose lives left an indelible impact on New England and celebrate the release of Roger Williams and His World.
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Belonging: An Intimate History of Slavery and Family in Early New England
VirtualJoin us to celebrate the release of Belonging: An Intimate History of Slavery and Family in Early New England and learn about the struggles enslaved people faced when trying to maintain family relationships.
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Enslavement in the Puritan Village: The Untold History of Sudbury and Wayland, Massachusetts
VirtualJoin us to celebrate the release of Enslavement in the Puritan Village: The Untold History of Sudbury and Wayland, Massachusetts and learn about the never before published stories of this colonial town’s enslaved Black residents.
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New England Congregationalists and the American Revolution: A Virtual Book Talk with Katherine Carté
VirtualLearn how the Revolutionary War transformed religious life in America through a reassessment of the role of religion in public life on both sides of the Atlantic.