The New England Soul: Preaching and Religious Culture in Colonial New England sacred music Norman MacLeod

Norman MacLeod

The Sabbath Rest of Creation (I): Creation’s coronation and goal

The Summit Church

spoke at conferences

The New England Soul: Preaching and Religious Culture in Colonial New England sacred music Norman MacLeodHarry Stout's groundbreaking study of preaching in colonial New England changed the field when it first appeared in 1986. Here, twenty five years later, is a reissue of Stout's book: a reconstruction of the full import of the colonial sermon as a multi faceted institution that served both religious and political purposes and explained history and society to the New England Puritans for one and a half centuries.