Hot Protestants: A History of Puritanism in England and America

On fire for God—a sweeping history of puritanism in England and America

Begun in the mid—sixteenth century by Protestant nonconformists keen to reform England’s church and society while saving their own souls, the puritan movement was a major catalyst in the great cultural changes that transformed the early modern world. Providing a uniquely broad transatlantic perspective, this groundbreaking volume traces puritanism’s tumultuous history from its initial attempts to reshape the Church of E...