Richard Mather of Dorchester / B.R. Burg.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Burg, B. R. (Barry Richard), 1938-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Clergy--Massachusetts--Biography.
• Congregational churches--Clergy--Biography.
• Mather, Richard, 1596-1669.

Genre:

• Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1976.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mather is a well-known name in the persons of Increase and Cotton Mather. Here for the first time is a biography of the father and grandfather, respectively, of those two great figures of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.Richard Mather left few personal records of his life in the form of letters, diaries, or autobiographical writings. In his research, Mr. Burg sought out little used ecclesiastical records in England, pieced together events from inferences and deductions, and analyzed by sociological, psychological, and anthropological methods the life of this seventeenth-century divine

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; I. In England; II. Settled; III. Defense of the New England Way; IV. The New England Preacher; V. The Cambridge Platform; VI. The Halfway Covenant; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W

Notes:

• Includes index.
• Bibliography: p. [191]-200.
• Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

• 9780813162324
• 0813162327

OCLC:

606401006