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Hanging between heaven and earth : capital crime, execution preaching, and theology in early New England / Scott D. Seay.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Seay, Scott D.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Execution sermons--New England--History.
- Execution sermons.
- Capital punishment--Religious aspects--Christianity--History.
- Capital punishment.
- Capital punishment--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- History.
- New England--Church history.
- New England.
- Church history.
- New England theology.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 217 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, 2009.
- Summary:
- A study of over 100 execution sermons preached and published between the 17th and 19th centuries
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 The Contexts of the Execution Sermon 17
- Chapter 2 Human Sinfulness 47
- Chapter 3 The Economy of Conversion 76
- Chapter 4 Civil Government 106
- Chapter 5 A New Moral Discourse 137.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780875804026
- 0875804020
- OCLC:
- 290475502
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