David D. Hall, professor emeritus of American religious history at Harvard Divinity School, will speak about his new book, a sweeping transatlantic history of Puritanism from its emergence out of the religious tumult of Elizabethan England to its founding role in the story of America. Shedding critical new light on the diverse forms of Puritan belief and practice in England, Scotland, and New England, David Hall provides a multifaceted account of a cultural movement that judged the Protestant reforms of Elizabeth’s reign to be unfinished. Hall’s books include “Worlds of Wonder, Days of Judgment: Popular Religious Belief in Early New England”, “A Reforming People: Puritanism and the Transformation of Public Life in New England”, and “The Faithful Shepherd: A History of the New England Ministry in the Seventeenth Century.” Free and open to all.
About the Author
David D. Hall is professor emeritus of American religious history at Harvard Divinity School. His books include Worlds of Wonder, Days of Judgment: Popular Religious Belief in Early New England, A Reforming People: Puritanism and the Transformation of Public Life in New England, and The Faithful Shepherd: A History of the New England Ministry in the Seventeenth Century. He lives in Arlington, Massachusetts.