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After a brief history of religion in colonial Virginia, Bond (history, Alabama A&M U.) presents 18 documents from the period, selecting manuscripts over published documents, and material less rather than more available to researchers. They include sermons of established and dissenting ministers, a layman's devotional work, and an account of the Baptists during the Great Awakening. Footnotes identify scriptural and other references. No index is provided. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Edward L. Bond offers a reappraisal of religion's place in the colonies, fully chronicling as well as contextualizing the practice of religion and church activities in early America. The addition of previously unpublished and largely unexamined sermons shapes a picture of colonial Virginia's religious environment that is unparalleled in both depth and scope The book vastly enriches our appreciation not only of the texts, but also of their writers and the important role these clergymen played in shaping the young nation.
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