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Placing the execution sermon in its ritual and literary context, this book explores three interrelated themes - human sinfulness, the economy of conversion, and the nature and function of civil government. This book explores how theological interpretations evolved in relation to larger cultural trends in Early New England.

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Admirably well-organized and clearly written. [Seay] demonstrates a superb grasp of the history of preaching and criminal justice and the cultural history of colonial New England.

-- W. Clark Gilpin, University of Chicago Divinity School

Seay's book will complement and complete previous scholarship.... [I]t joins several fine books that are together creating a new school of thinking about early American religious history.

-- Philip Goff, Director, Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One: The Contexts of the Execution Sermon
Chapter Two: Human Sinfulness
Chapter Three: The Economy of Conversion
Chapter Four: Civil Government
Chapter Five: A New Moral Discourse
Conclusion
Notes
Works Cited
Index

Hanging Between Heaven and Earth

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      Publisher Cornell University Press
      Published 17 June 2009
      ISBN-13 9780875804026
      978-0875804026
      ISBN-10 0875804020
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      Religion and politics

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Placing the execution sermon in its ritual and literary context, this book explores three interrelated themes - human sinfulness, the economy of conversion, and the nature and function of civil government. This book explores how theological interpretations evolved in relation to larger cultural trends in Early New England.

      Trade Review

      Admirably well-organized and clearly written. [Seay] demonstrates a superb grasp of the history of preaching and criminal justice and the cultural history of colonial New England.

      -- W. Clark Gilpin, University of Chicago Divinity School

      Seay's book will complement and complete previous scholarship.... [I]t joins several fine books that are together creating a new school of thinking about early American religious history.

      -- Philip Goff, Director, Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

      Table of Contents

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments
      Introduction
      Chapter One: The Contexts of the Execution Sermon
      Chapter Two: Human Sinfulness
      Chapter Three: The Economy of Conversion
      Chapter Four: Civil Government
      Chapter Five: A New Moral Discourse
      Conclusion
      Notes
      Works Cited
      Index

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