{"product_id":"2026770000525-secondhand-the-life-and-times-of-cotton-mather-d-d-f-r-s-a-boston-minister-of-two-centuries-ago-1663-1728","title":"The Life And Times Of Cotton Mather, D.D., F.R.S.: A Boston Minister Of Two Centuries Ago 1663-1728","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Fair                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA richly detailed work of historical biography, The Life and Times of Cotton Mather, D.D., F.R.S.: A Boston Minister of Two Centuries Ago 1663-1728 chronicles the remarkable life of one of colonial America's most influential and controversial Puritan ministers. Rev. Abijah P. Marvin presents Mather not merely as a religious figure but as a towering intellectual force whose career intersected with the Salem witch trials, the early development of American science, and the turbulent politics of Massachusetts Bay Colony. Written with reverent yet scholarly authority, the narrative illustrates how Mather's prolific writings, deep theological convictions, and embrace of inoculation during the smallpox epidemic of 1721 shaped both his era and the broader arc of American religious and intellectual history. Marvin details the social and ecclesiastical world of Puritan Boston with careful precision, grounding Mather's personal story within the sweeping transformations of late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century New England. The result is an authoritative and absorbing portrait of a man whose legacy remains as complex and contested as the age that produced him.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48887927013595,"sku":"2026770000525-SECONDHAND","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/73d2f602-9902-4b11-b5e6-e54455f374dc.png?v=1781749662","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026770000525-secondhand-the-life-and-times-of-cotton-mather-d-d-f-r-s-a-boston-minister-of-two-centuries-ago-1663-1728","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}