Under the Cope of Heaven: Religion, Society, and Politics in Colonial America / Edition 2

by Patricia U. Bonomi

Overview

In this pathbreaking study, Patricia Bonomi argues that religion was as instrumental as either politics or the economy in shaping early American life and values. Looking at the middle and southern colonies as well as at Puritan New England, Bonomi finds an abundance of religious vitality through the colonial years among clergy and churchgoers of diverse religious background.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195162172
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	07/10/2003
Edition description:	Updated Edition
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 5.70(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Patricia U. Bonomi is Professor of History emeritus, New York University.

Editorial Reviews

"An excellent contribution to the social history of colonial religion. With great skill she weaves a narrative that demonstrates the inextricable relation between religion and politics in the colonies. I heartily recommend it, and look forward to using it for many years to come in the classroom."—Mark S. Cladis, Vassar College

"A good succinct study of the relation of politics and religion throughout the colonial period. Especially useful as a summary accessible to udergraduate history majors."—R.K. Donovan, Kansas State University

"[A] timely and thoughtful book."—New Republic

"A splendid overview of the topic of religion in the colonial period. The book is gracefully and economically written, provocative yet respectful of opposing views....Goes far toward providing a genuinely balanced account of the role of religion in the formation of the American mind."—William and Mary Quarterly

"Her depth of scholarship and documentation will please the scholar; her relation of her topic to American history in general will please the generalist, student or lay person; and her graceful writing style will endear her to all. The book is highly recommended."—History

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