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  • Thu19

    The Oxford Handbook of Puritanism

    March 19 @ 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT
    Virtual

    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.

  • Wed25

    Exploring Hidden Histories in Church Records: A Virtual Roundtable with FCC Fairfield and FCC Natick

    February 25 @ 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST
    Virtual

    Hear members of two New England Congregational churches discuss how they thoughtfully engaged with the hidden histories found in their church records.

  • Thu12

    Exploring Cotton Mather’s Curiosa Americana

    February 12 @ 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST
    Virtual

    Explore Cotton Mather’s Curiosa Americana letters and understand more about his contributions to natural philosophy.

  • Tue16

    Christmas with the Puritans: A Festive Virtual Program

    December 16, 2025 @ 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EST
    Virtual

    Celebrate the holiday season by exploring the question: Did seventeenth-century puritans really hate holiday fun, or are they misunderstood?

  • Thu11

    Christmas with the Puritans: A Festive Virtual Program

    December 11, 2025 @ 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM EST
    Virtual

    Celebrate the holiday season by exploring the question: Did seventeenth-century puritans really hate holiday fun, or are they misunderstood?

  • Wed10

    Christmas with the Puritans: A Festive Program at the Congregational Library & Archives

    December 10, 2025 @ 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM EST
    Congregational Library & Archives 14 Beacon Street, Boston, MA, United States

    Celebrate the holiday season by exploring the question: Did seventeenth-century puritans really hate holiday fun, or are they misunderstood?

  • Wed12

    Armenian Congregationalism: Past, Present, and Future

    November 12, 2025 @ 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST
    Virtual

    Explore the historical and theological foundations of Armenian Congregationalism, with a particular focus on how the community has persevered through crisis.

  • Tue21

    The Bicentennial of the American Unitarian Association and Congregational History

    October 21, 2025 @ 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Virtual

    Mark the 200th anniversary of the founding of the American Unitarian Association after a generations-long family quarrel within the Congregational churches of Massachusetts and reflect on the groups’ shared legacies of Congregationalism.

  • Wed1

    Gathered Into a Church: Indigenous-English Congregationalism in Woodland New England

    October 1, 2025 @ 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Virtual

    Learn 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.

  • Tue6

    The Wars of the Lord: A Virtual Book Talk with Matthew J. Tuininga

    May 6, 2025 @ 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Virtual

    Learn 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.”

  • Wed30

    Calling Holy War in Boston: A Virtual Talk with Thomas Lecaque

    April 30, 2025 @ 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Virtual

    Explore the ways that the rhetoric of apocalyptic holy war spills across sermons, diaries, letters, and marginal notations in books from colonial New England with CLA Research Fellow, Dr. Thomas Lecaque.

  • Wed19

    The World of Mary and Roger Williams

    March 19, 2025 @ 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Virtual

    Learn 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.

  • Fri7

    The Afro-Christian Convention: Exploring our Deeper Roots

    March 7, 2025 @ 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM EST
    Congregational Library & Archives 14 Beacon Street, Boston, MA, United States

    Gain a deeper knowledge and understanding of the history and legacy of the Afro-Christian Convention as the fifth stream of the United Church of Christ (UCC).

  • Thu20

    Enslavement in the Puritan Village: The Untold History of Sudbury and Wayland, Massachusetts

    February 20, 2025 @ 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST
    Virtual

    Join 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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