CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. FOREWORD vii
3. CONTENTS 1
4. PROLOGUE: RICHARD MATHER'S FAREWELL 3
5. BOOK I Declenston
6. CHAPTER I THE WRATH OF JEHOVAH 19
7. CHAPTER II THE JEREMIAD 27
8. CHAPTER III THE PROTESTANT ETHIC 40
9. CHAPTER IV THE EXPANDING LIMITS OF NATURAL ABILITY 53
10. CHAPTER V HYPOCRISY 68
11. CHAPTER VI CHILDREN OF THE COVENANT 82
12. CHAPTER VII HALF-WAY MEASURES 93
13. CHAPTER VIII REVIVALISM 105
14. CHAPTER IX INTOLERANCE 119
15. CHAPTER X PROPAGANDA 130
16. BOOK II Confusion
17. CHAPTER XI PROFILE OF A PROVINCIAL MENTALITY 149
18. CHAPTER XII SALVAGING THE COVENANT 173
19. CHAPTER XIII THE JUDGMENT OF THE WITCHES 191
20. CHAPTER XIV THE DILEMMA OF THE SACRAMENT 209
21. CHAPTER XV CONTENTION 226
22. CHAPTER XVI THE FAILURE OF CENTRALIZATION 248
23. CHAPTER XVII THE UNRESOLVED DEBATE 269
24. CHAPTER XVIII THE POISON OF WISE'S CURSED LIBEL 288
25. BOOK III The Splintering of Society
26. CHAPTER XIX A MEDIUM OF TRADE 305
27. CHAPTER XX ANTIMINISTERIAL SENTIMENT 324
28. CHAPTER XXI THE JUDGMENT OF THE SMALLPOX 345
29. CHAPTER XXII A SECULAR STATE 367
30. CHAPTER XXIII A TENDER PLANT 385
31. BOOK IV The Socialization of Piety
32. CHAPTER XXIV DO-GOOD 395
33. CHAPTER XXV REASON 417
34. CHAPTER XXVI THE EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY 437
35. CHAPTER XXVII THE DEATH OF AN IDEA 447
36. CHAPTER XXVIII POLITY AS A FORM OF PATRIOTISM 464
37. EPILOGUE VALE ATQUE AVE 481
38. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES 489
39. INDEX 499