Race and Redemption in Puritan New England
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Author Description
As Colonists Made Their Way To New England In The Early Seventeenth Century, They Hoped Their Efforts Would Stand As A Citty Upon A Hill. Living The Godly Life Preached By John Winthrop Would Have Proved Difficult Even Had These Puritans Inhabited The Colonies Alone, But This Was Not The Case: This New Landscape Included Colonists From Europe, Indigenous Americans, And Enslaved Africans. In Race And Redemption In Puritan New England, Richard A. Bailey Investigates The Ways That Colonial New Englanders Used, Constructed, And Re-constructed Their Puritanism To Make Sense Of Their New Realities. As They Did So, They Created More Than A Tenuous Existence Together. They Also Constructed Race Out Of The Spiritual Freedom Of Puritanism.
Menrva's Summary
THE THESIS
This book investigates how Puritan settlers in seventeenth-century New England constructed concepts of race through the lens of their spiritual theology. Richard A. Bailey, a scholar of early American history, examines the intersection of religious doctrine and social hierarchy in the colonial landscape. By analyzing primary source documents and theological writings, he argues that the Puritans utilized their specific interpretation of spiritual freedom to justify and define racial categories among the diverse population of European colonists, Indigenous Americans, and enslaved Africans.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- Analysis of seventeenth-century Puritan theological frameworks and their social applications.
- Examination of the interactions between European colonists, Indigenous populations, and enslaved Africans.
- Investigation into the construction of racial identity within the context of the 'Citty upon a Hill' ideology.
- Evaluation of how religious rhetoric was adapted to manage the realities of a multi-ethnic colonial society.
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Historians recognize this work as a significant contribution to the study of early American social structures and religious history. Scholars frequently note the clarity with which Bailey connects abstract theological concepts to the tangible development of racial hierarchies in the colonies.
Page Count:
224
Publication Date:
2011-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10:
0199710627
ISBN-13:
9780199710621
History
Race Relations
Church History
Social History
Puritanism
Puritans
