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« on: January 09, 2022, 02:25:33 AM »
It was a long, complicated process that took place in lots of small steps, which I don't fully understand. But some historians consider the Salem witch trials to be the rock upon which the Puritan theocracy was broken. In the aftermath of the madness, in a colony whose leaders genuinely believed in witchcraft, people began seriously and publicly questioning the established religious order in a way that hadn't happened before.
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« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2022, 11:06:05 PM »
Quote from: RoboWop on January 28, 2022, 09:24:07 PM
There are entire books about this subject, starting with the shift from "Puritan" Congregationalism to Unitarianism c. 1815. My general impression, though, is that Episcopalianism, at least as a political consciousness, was a reaction to the liberal excesses of the Unitarians (and Transcendentalists) c. 1850.
Do you recommend any of those books in particular?
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