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Subject(s)

• Race relations—Religious aspects—Puritans [Browse]
• New England—Race relations—History [Browse]
• New England—Church history [Browse]
• Puritans—New England [Browse]

Series

• Religion in America series (Oxford University Press) [More in this series]
• Religion in America series

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Introduction : "neither bond nor free" : New Englanders, race, and redemption
• Laying the foundation for "a citty upon a hill" : faith, works, covenant, and colonialism
• When image unmakes the man : the consequences of thinking about the colors and capabilities of "others"
• "I am come into the light" : confessions of faith, sermons, and ventriloquism
• "We are not to make asses of our servants" : exercising authority over New Englanders of color
• "The art of coyning Christians" : redeeming self and "others" in Puritan New England
• Epilogue : the happy day refuses to come.

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ISBN

• 9780195366594 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 019536659X (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

2010033670

OCLC

656556572

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