Female Piety in Puritan New England: The Emergence of Religious Humanism (Religion in America)

Contents......Page 10
Introduction: Overview and Method......Page 14
1. Eros, Conscience, and the Making of Puritan Society......Page 25
Aggression in Puritan Theology and English Society......Page 27
Antecedents of Puritan Attitudes Toward Marriage and Sexuality......Page 32
The Elevation of Intention over Abstention in Puritan Theology......Page 36
The Development of Erotic Themes in New England Theology......Page 47
2. Female Piety in the Lives of Thomas Hooker, Thomas Shepard, and John Cotton......Page 51
Thomas Hooker, Whose Temper Was Like a \"Mastiff Dog on a Chain\"......Page 53
Thomas Shepard, Who Felt God \"Withdraw\"......Page 66
John Cotton, \"The Meekest of the Earth\"......Page 77
3. Anne Hutchinson, Anne Bradstreet, and the Importance of Women in Puritan Culture......Page 91
Scholarly Controversies About Puritan Women......Page 93
The Indirect Authority of Puritan Women......Page 98
The Direct Authority of Maternal Influence in Puritan Culture......Page 104
Anne Hutchinson, Radical Exponent of Female Piety......Page 106
Anne Bradstreet, Religious Humanist......Page 117
4.The Rise and Fall of Female Piety as a Symbol of New England......Page 127
The Social Referents of Female Piety as a Symbol of New England......Page 129
Changes in the Practice and Meaning of Female Fasting......Page 135
The Lord\'s Supper as a Celebration of Domestic Life......Page 138
Eucharistic Female Suffering as a Symbol of New England\'s Strength......Page 144
Mary Rowlandson and the Ironies of Religious Humanism......Page 148
Witchcraft and the Resurgence of Supernaturalism......Page 154
Afterword......Page 165
Notes......Page 168
Bibliography......Page 196
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M......Page 215
P......Page 216
S......Page 217
Z......Page 218