The First American Evangelical A Short Life of Cotton Mather |
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Author:
| Kennedy, Rick |
Series title: | Library of Religious Biography (LRB) Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8028-7211-1 |
Publication Date: | May 2015 |
Publisher: | William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $40.26 |
Book Description:
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Cotton Mather (1663-1728) was America's most famous pastorand scholar at the beginning of the eighteenth century. Peopletoday generally associate him with the infamous Salem witchtrials, but that picture has mostly come down to us from oneunreliable, antagonistic source.This biography by Rick Kennedy, based largely on new research
Cotton Mather (1663-1728) was America's most famous pastorand scholar at the beginning of the eighteenth century. Peopletoday generally associate him with the infamous Salem witchtrials, but that picture has mostly come down to us from oneunreliable, antagonistic source.This biography by Rick Kennedy, based largely on new research