On the whole, Carden has successfully redressed the imbalanced portrait of the Puritans presented by Miller. He persuasively argues that if we are fully to understand the Puritans, we must see them…
This book offers a fine introduction to seventeenth-century Puritanism in its English and American contexts. The work is rich in quotations from Puritan worthies and is ideally suited to general re…
The Puritans are frequently maligned but seldom understood. Far from the dour malcontents they are often portrayed to be, most Puritans were wholesomely engaged in life. This book is designed to in…
In time of failing vision and decaying values, this powerful portrait of Puritans is a beacon of hope calling us to radical commitment and action when both are desperately needed. The author has ha…