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The Massachusetts Bay Colony

The Massachusetts Bay Colony. Wonders, Witches, and Rationalism Madison Furrh, Dept. of English. John Winthrop and the "price of the breach of such a covenant" "Provoking Evils" (1675); Theocrats’ response to liberalization.

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The Massachusetts Bay Colony

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  1. The Massachusetts Bay Colony Wonders, Witches, and Rationalism Madison Furrh, Dept. of English

  2. John Winthrop and the "price of the breach of such a covenant" • "Provoking Evils" (1675); Theocrats’ response to liberalization

  3. The Comet of 1680: Fusion of Enlightenment science and fundamentalist religion • Descartes, Newton, Increase Mather, and Comets: Rationalism and Supernaturalism collide

  4. Cotton Mather: "God is therefore pleased to suffer Devils" • The execution of George Burroughs on Aug. 19, 1692: "The Devil has often been transformed into an Angel of Light" • Thomas Brattle: "God is a God of Truth" • Fenced with Iron: Mather's "Wonders of the Invisible World" (1692) • The Salem Philosophy and the ideological trash heap

  5. "God continues to lift the curtainand allow the enemies of America to give us probably what we deserve" -- Jerry Falwell (Sept. 12, 2001)

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