The New England soul
preaching and religious culture in colonial New England
by Harry S. Stout
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This study explores a seventeenth- and eighteenth-century medium of communications -- the New England sermon -- whose topical range and social influence were so powerful in shaping cultural values, meanings, and a sense of corporate purpose that even television pales in comparison. Unlike modern mass media, the sermon stood alone in local New England contexts as the only regular (at least weekly) medium of public communication. As a channel of information, it combined religious, educational, and journalistic functions, and supplied all the key terms necessary to understand existence in this world and the next. As the only event in public assembly that regularly brought the entire community together, it also represented the central ritual of social order and control. Seldom, if ever before, did so many people hear the same message of purpose and direction over so long a period of time as did the New England "Puritans." - Introduction.
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History, Preaching, Religious life and customs, Geistliches Leben, Predigt, Puritans, Vida religiosa y costumbres, 11.75 homiletics, Histoire, Vie religieuse, Prédication, Sermons, New england theology, New england, history, colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, New england, church history, New england, social life and customs, New england, religion, Preaching, history, New england, biographyPlaces
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New England Soul: Preaching and Religious Culture in Colonial New England
2012, Oxford University Press, Incorporated
in English
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New England Soul: Preaching and Religious Culture in Colonial New England
2011, Oxford University Press, Incorporated
in English
0199921393 9780199921393
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The New England Soul: Preaching and Religious Culture in Colonial New England
September 8, 1988, Oxford University Press, USA
in English
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New England Soul: Preaching and Religious Culture in Colonial New England
1986, Oxford University Press
in English
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The New England soul: preaching and religious culture in colonial New England
1986, Oxford University Press
Hardcover
in English
0195039580 9780195039580
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Bibliography: p. 317-385.
Includes index.
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