Perhaps nothing has ever been so frightening to people of faith as the modern. Pluralistic and rationalizing, modernity would seem the antithesis of traditional religious practice. But as historian Jon Butler shows, even Manhattan, the supposed capital of American secularism, has consistently proven a place steeped in devotion.
"Multinational, profit-driven, materialistic, politically self-conscious, power-hungry, religiously plural: America three hundred years ago - and today. Here are Britain's mainland American colonies after 1680, in the process of becoming the first modern society - a society the earliest colonists never imagined, a "new order of the ages" that anticipated the American Revolution. Jon Butler's view of the colonies in this epoch reveals a strikingly "modern" character that belies the eighteenth-century quaintness fixed in history."
HUMOUR COLLECTIONS & ANTHOLOGIES. The hilarious follow up to 2007's Sunday Times Bestseller DO ANTS HAVE ARSEHOLES?
Provides a very funny, very silly collection of answers to questions you never thought you wanted to ask, but will feel all the better for knowing.
Challenging the belief that colonial American churches inherently fostered democratic ideals, this updated edition explores the complexities of power and authority within these religious institutions. It delves into the historical context, questioning the narrative that these churches were simply waiting for the American Revolution to liberate them from political and religious constraints. This critical examination offers fresh insights into the origins of American denominational order and its implications for understanding democracy in the early United States.