{"product_id":"making-heretics-militant-protestantism-free-grace-in-massachusetts-1636-1641-9780691165950","title":"Making Heretics  Militant Protestantism  Free","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaking Heretics is a major new narrative of the famous Massachusetts disputes of the late 1630s misleadingly labeled the \"antinomian controversy\" by later historians. Drawing on an unprecedented range of sources, Michael Winship fundamentally recasts these interlocked religious and political struggles as a complex ongoing interaction of personaliti\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A major and refreshingly original study... A remarkable portrait of how Puritanism generated and attempted and finally failed to control divergence from orthodoxy.\"--Iain S. Maclean, James Madison University, Religious Studies Review \"A fresh account of the famous battle between the conservative and moderate leaders of the first generation of New England Puritanism ... and more radical proponents of free grace ... [a] highly readable book.\"--Amanda Porterfield, University of Wyoming, Catholic Historical Review \"Will stand as the most complete and authoritative account for many years to come ... a page turner ... a truly impressive contribution.\"--Evan Haefeli, Tufts University, Reviews in American History \"Moves with clarity and ease through extremely complex theological and political issues, and the narrative reconstruction of the controversy is very convincing ... a must-read.\"--Mark A. Peterson, University of Iowa, American Historical Review \"No one ... will be able to rest comfortable with received generalizations after reading this important volume.\"--Stephen J. Stein, Indiana University, Journal of American History \"Truism after truism falters before his gaze ... carefully grounded in the sources.\"--David D. Hall, Harvard University, Harvard Theological Review \"A fresh account of the famous battle between the conservative and moderate leaders of the first generation of New England Puritanism ... and more radical proponents of free grace... [A] highly readable book.\"--Amanda Porterfield, University of Wyoming, Catholic Historical Review \"Will stand as the most complete and authoritative account for many years to come... [A] page turner... [A] truly impressive contribution.\"--Evan Haefeli, Tufts University, Reviews in American History \"Moves with clarity and ease through extremely complex theological and political issues, and the narrative reconstruction of the controversy is very convincing... [A] must-read.\"--Mark A, Peterson, University of Iowa, American Historical Review \"Truism after truism falters before his gaze... [C]arefully grounded in the sources.\"--David D. Hall, Harvard University, Harvard Theological Review \"Winship has made a notable contribution to the religious history of colonial America.\"--W. Clark Gilpin, History of Religions \"An original and important new study... [A] tightly conceived and compelling contribution to the field.\"--Konstantin Dierks, Seventeenth-Century News\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix  ABBREVIATIONS xi  Introduction 1  CHAPTER ONE: Assurance of Salvation in the Early Seventeenth Century 12  CHAPTER TWO: Lively Stones: John Cotton and Anne Hutchinson 28  CHAPTER THREE: The Most Glorious Church in the World: Boston, c. 1636 44  CHAPTER FOUR: Practicing Puritanism in a Strange Land: Massachusetts, c. 1636 64  CHAPTER FIVE: Secret Quarrels Turn Public: Summer 1636-January 1637 83  CHAPTER SIX: Convicting John Wheelwright: January-March 1637 106  CHAPTER SEVEN: Abimelech's Faction: March-August 1637 126  CHAPTER EIGHT: Reclaiming Cotton: August-September 1637 149  CHAPTER NINE: The November Trials: October-November 1637 166  CHAPTER TEN: An American Jezebel: November 1637-March 1638 188  CHAPTER ELEVEN: Holding Forth Darkly: March 1638-February 1641 211  CHAPTER TWELVE: Godly Endings 235  NOTES 247  INDEX 313","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403816018263,"sku":"9780691165950","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/making-heretics-militant-protestantism-free-grace-in-massachusetts-1636-1641-9780691165950","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}