A People So Favored of God, Second Edition

In this finely-grained and surprising study, George W. Harper argues convincingly that Boston churches in the era of the Great Awakening rose and fell on their pastors' commitment to effective care of their congregations. By examining closely the demographic characteristics of Boston's Congregational churches, Harper takes the Great Awakening beyond the Old Light/New Light theological split and allows us to see what was actually happening in the churches between pastors and parishioners. --...