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The result of a perfect storm of factors that culminated in a great moral catastrophe, the Salem witch trials of 1692 took a breathtaking toll on the young English colony of Massachusetts. In Satan and Salem, Benjamin Ray looks beyond single-factor interpretations to offer a far more nuanced view of why the Salem witch-hunt spiraled out of control.

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“Measurably deepens our understanding of the underlying dynamics, especially the parts played by important participants.” —John Demos, New York Review of Books

“At least once a generation a scholar promises to give the final word on the origins and course of the 1692 Salem witchcraft outbreak. Ben Ray’s Satan and Salem is a book that finally delivers on that ambitious claim.” —Gretchen A. Adams, Texas Tech University

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      Publisher: MP-VIR Uni of Virginia
      Publication Date: 3/30/2017 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780813939926, 978-0813939926
      ISBN10: 0813939925
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      History of religion

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The result of a perfect storm of factors that culminated in a great moral catastrophe, the Salem witch trials of 1692 took a breathtaking toll on the young English colony of Massachusetts. In Satan and Salem, Benjamin Ray looks beyond single-factor interpretations to offer a far more nuanced view of why the Salem witch-hunt spiraled out of control.

      Trade Review
      “Measurably deepens our understanding of the underlying dynamics, especially the parts played by important participants.” —John Demos, New York Review of Books

      “At least once a generation a scholar promises to give the final word on the origins and course of the 1692 Salem witchcraft outbreak. Ben Ray’s Satan and Salem is a book that finally delivers on that ambitious claim.” —Gretchen A. Adams, Texas Tech University

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