The Spice of Popery: Converging Christianities on an Early American Frontier

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Contents List of Figures ix Acknowledgments xi Brief Chronology: The Province of Maine, 1688–1727 xv Introduction 1      “The Land That Was Desolate . . . Shall Flourish Like the Lily”: Christian Diversity in Early Maine 21       “Satan’s Prey” or “L’esclavage de l’hérésie calviniste”: The Imperial Battles for Maine’s Frontier Souls 69      “Pits of Hell” and “Ménages des anges”: The Protestant Dilemma of Sacramental Marriage 123      The Ways of Christian Industry: Missions and Ministries on the Maine Frontier 165     Protestant Ornaments and Popish Relics: Maine’s Material Culture of Lived Religion 211     “The Lord . . . Will Greatly Reward Me”: The Religious Dimensions of Worldly Goods 243 Afterword 269 Abbreviations 279 Notes 281 Bibliography 339 Index 355 viii Contents ...