Think the Pilgrims were all straight-laced seriousness and tight buckles? Think again, says author Sarah Vowell. In her new book, The Wordy... Sarah Vowell Finds Humor In Puritan History Think the ...

The Puritans who left England and settled in New England were Christians. The Quakers who left England and settled in Pennsylvania were Christians. They both protested some beliefs of the Church of ...

From Protestant to Reformed -- A movement emerges -- Reformation in Scotland -- The practical divinity -- A reformation of manners -- Royal policies, local alternatives -- A new Sion? Reform, ...

A recent introduction to Puritan history rehabilitates their reputation and legacy. While presenting the major events and figures in Puritan history, Bremer attempts a recovery of the Puritan image in ...

BETHESDA, Md. -- Just in time for Eastertide, George Fox University Professor Mark David Hall has written a book that portrays Puritans as champions of literacy, defenders of due process, enemies of ...

The Mind of the Master Class is a masterpiece. In The Mind of the Master Class: History and Faith in the Southern Slaveholders’ Worldview, Elizabeth Fox-Genovese and Eugene Genovese embark upon a task ...

James Eglinton is Meldrum Lecturer in Reformed Theology at the University of Edinburgh. In its ongoing aftershocks, the #MeToo movement has left the basic structure of liberal Western society creaking ...

For more than 150 years, the Puritans have gotten a bum rap. The colonizers of New England, credited with the first Thanksgiving, are most often portrayed as drab, glum and pleasure-hating. You’ve ...

In the annals of great American nuttiness, the recent live-streamed creation vs. evolution debate between former kids’ television host and all-around mega-egghead Bill Nye and Young Earth Creationist ...