The New England Soul

This analysis of preaching in colonial New England examines more than 2000 sermons, spanning five generations of ministers, in order to reconstruct the full import of the colonial sermon as a multi-faceted institution that served both religious and political purposes.

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This first comprehensive analysis of preaching in colonial New England uses a multi-disciplinary approach - including analysis of rhetorical style and concepts of identity and community - to examine more than two thousand sermons spanning five generations of ministers, reconstructing the full import of the colonial sermon as a multi-faceted institution that served both religious and political purposes.