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03917aam a2200505 i 4500 001 F1839C60897511EC94F7A2945EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220209010018 008 191230s2020 nyuab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019044703 020 $a 0197510078 020 $a 9780197510070 020 $a 019751006X 020 $a 9780197510063 020 $a 0197510043 020 $a 9780197510049 035 $a (OCoLC)1135094007 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d ERASA $d MIPRT $d YDX $d BDX $d BKL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-ma 050 00 $a F68 $b .B83 2020 082 00 $a 974.4/02 $2 23 100 1 $a Bremer, Francis J. $e author. 245 10 $a One small candle : $b the Plymouth Puritans and the beginning of English New England / $c Francis J. Bremer. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Oxford University Press, $c [2020] 300 $a 257 pages : $b illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; $c 22 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Prologue: Disease and death in early Plymouth -- Introduction -- The religious scene in early modern England -- To tarry or not to tarry -- Refugees -- Setting a new course -- Dawn land -- Small beginnings -- The godly community -- Sustaining the vision -- Plymouth and the Bay -- Congregationalism advanced -- Conclusion: Defending Plymouth Congregationalism. 520 $a ""One Small Candle tells how the religious values of the Pilgrims prompted their settlement of the Plymouth Colony and how those values influenced the political, intellectual, and cultural aspect of New England life a hundred and fifty years before the American Revolution. It begins in early seventeenth-century England with their persecution for challenging the established national church, and their struggles as refugees in the Netherlands in the 1610s. It then examines the challenges they faced in planting a colony in America, including relations with the Native population. The book emphasizes the religious dimension of the story, which has been neglected in most recent works. In particular it focuses on how this particular group of puritan congregationalists was driven by the belief that ordinary men and women should play the determinative role in governing church affairs. Their commitment to lay empowerment is illustrated by attention to the life of William Brewster, who helped organize the congregation in its early years and served as the colony's spiritual guide for its first decade. The participatory democracy that was reflected in congregational church covenants played a greater role in the shaping of Massachusetts churches than has previously been accepted. This outlook also influenced the earliest political forms of the region, including the Mayflower Compact and local New England town meetings. Their rejection of individual greed and focus on community was an early form of an American social gospel. ""---Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Brewster, William, $d 1566 or 1567-1644. 600 17 $a Brewster, William, $d 1566 or 1567-1644. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01809534 648 7 $a 1620-1691 $2 fast 650 0 $a Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony) 650 0 $a Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony) $v Biography. 650 7 $a Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01064054 651 0 $a Massachusetts $x History $y New Plymouth, 1620-1691 651 0 $a Massachusetts $x History $y New Plymouth, 1620-1691 $v Biography. 651 7 $a Massachusetts $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204307 655 7 $a Biographies $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Bremer, Francis J. $t One small candle. $d New York : Oxford University Press, 2020 $z 9780197510063 $w (DLC) 2019044704 941 $a 1 952 $l GAAX314 $d 20220209010113.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F1839C60897511EC94F7A2945EECA4DB 994 $a Z0 $b HL6Initiate Another SILO Locator Search