tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post9045340475072453368..comments2024-03-26T11:33:59.219-06:00Comments on Religion in American History: A Reforming People: Puritanism and Public Life in New EnglandPaul Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881964303772343114noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-72224256756031666392012-01-03T10:10:39.978-07:002012-01-03T10:10:39.978-07:00This was my area of graduate study and in that lig...This was my area of graduate study and in that light, I have to say a big thank you to David Hall. For a long time I have argued in my classrooms that the old paradigms of Puritanism in America were not correct. I focused more on the internal disagreements in New England such as the early split into many competing communities, and the Half Way Covenant against the solidarity seen in the transatlantic conversation. Thomas Hooker saw New England as a place where, “People shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase: they shall…bloodhound like, trace the truth…” when he answered complaints from England in Summe and Survey. David Hall puts the development of that view into its proper context in the early history of the Massachusetts experiment. We are presented with a “Christian” community that was far more “civil” oriented than some will want to believe. Bob CobbBob Cobbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09668406531403924594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-35340466143970616932012-01-03T10:09:55.031-07:002012-01-03T10:09:55.031-07:00This was my area of graduate study and in that lig...This was my area of graduate study and in that light, I have to say a big thank you to David Hall. For a long time I have argued in my classrooms that the old paradigms of Puritanism in America were not correct. I focused more on the internal disagreements in New England such as the early split into many competing communities, and the Half Way Covenant against the solidarity seen in the transatlantic conversation. Thomas Hooker saw New England as a place where, “People shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase: they shall…bloodhound like, trace the truth…” when he answered complaints from England in Summe and Survey. David Hall puts the development of that view into its proper context in the early history of the Massachusetts experiment. We are presented with a “Christian” community that was far more “civil” than some will want to believe. Bob CobbBob Cobbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09668406531403924594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-33063814744889795332011-12-12T21:57:36.921-07:002011-12-12T21:57:36.921-07:00Though I have not read the book, the review makes ...Though I have not read the book, the review makes the book sound intrigueing. The reason for this is that so many argue that America was founded on rigidly puritanical Christians. This arguement usually being used to support the contention that America was founded on Christian principles, and therefore is a Christian nation. I am studying this arguement in one of my classes. It kind of makes me want to see what this author has to say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com