Puritanism and Predestination
Why would anyone believe the doctrine of predestination when, as your students might say, it seems totally unfair?
Witchcraft in Salem Village Probably the single most intensively studied event in colonial North American history, this always arouses student curiosity.
The First Great Awakening
What caused this powerful surge of religious zeal? Are we having a Great Awakening now?
Religious Pluralism in the Middle Colonies What made for the religious tolerance that we credit to the colonies of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware? The answer is more than William Penn and a moderate climate.