The American Puritans, by Dustin Benge and Nate Pickowicz. Reviewed by Prof. Douglas J. Kuiper.
Prof. Douglas J. Kuiper reviews 'The American Puritans' by Benge and Pickowicz, a biographical sketch of nine prominent figures in seventeenth-century American colonial Protestantism. The review highlights how the book contextualizes American Puritanism within English religious persecution, the Reformed theological tradition, and the role of the Netherlands in early American church history, making it accessible to high school students and older interested in colonial church history.
The American Puritans, by Dustin Benge and Nate Pickowicz. Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, 2020. Pp xvi + 208. Paperback. $18.00. Reviewed by Douglas J. Kuiper. This book is not about Puritan theology but about seventeenth-century American church history. Each chapter sketches the life story of one prominent figure in early American Protestantism. Featured are two colonial governors (William Bradford and John Winthrop), six pastors (John Cotton, Thomas Hooker, Thomas Shepard, John...
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