Protestant Empire: Religion and the Making of the British Atlantic World

Carla Gardina Pestana

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2009

Protestant Empire

Religion and the Making of the British Atlantic World

Carla Gardina Pestana

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812203493

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About this book

Protestant Empire is the first comprehensive history of the dramatic clash of peoples and beliefs that emerged in the diverse religious world in the British Atlantic, including England, Scotland, Ireland, parts of North and South America, the Caribbean, and Africa.

Author / Editor information

Carla Gardina Pestana, W. E. Smith Professor of History at Miami University, is the author or editor of several books, including The English Atlantic in an Age of Revolution, 1640-1661.

Reviews

"In an ambitious, compelling discussion of Protestantism in the British Atlantic, Carla Gardina Pestana asks whether religion trumped politics and militarism in the shaping of colonies, the growth of empires, and the development of cultural identities. She makes a strong case that religion became the driving force of British expansion in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries."—William and Mary Quarterly

"Britain was the world's mightiest Protestant empire, but it was also an empire of striking religious diversity and fragmentation. In this important, wide-ranging book, Carla Pestana examines the religious consequences of Britain's early modern expansion for people throughout the Atlantic basin. The result is a major contribution to the history of the British Atlantic world."—Eliga H. Gould, University of New Hampshire

"A remarkably learned survey of religion and empire in the British Atlantic world."—Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography

"Protestant Empire is the most balanced account we now possess of religion and the shaping of the British Atlantic world from the Reformation to the American Revolution. Carla Gardina Pestana lucidly shows how religion joined the various parts of that world into a bounded whole yet introduced deep divisions whose consequences remain with us today. Her successful synthesis offers an authoritative introduction to these developments for students and scholars alike."—David Armitage, Harvard University

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
One. Religion before English Expansion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
Two. Reformation and the Politicization of Religious Expansion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
Three. Exporting the Religious Tensions of the Three Kingdoms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	66
Four. Restoration Settlement and the Growth of Diversity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	100
Five. Battling over Religious Identity in the Late Seventeenth Century Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	128
Six. Religious Encounters and the Making of a British Atlantic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
Seven. Revivalism and the Growth of Evangelical Christianity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
Eight. Revolutionary Divisions, Continuing Bonds Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	218
Conclusion. The British Atlantic World in Perspective Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	256
Suggestions for further reading Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	301

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 312
Illustrations
- Other: 20 illus.
Keywords: American History; American Studies

eBook

Published: June 1, 2011
ISBN: 9780812203493