The Protestant Temperament

Discover the psychological and social effects that religion and piety had on early American life in this groundbreaking exploration of the three distinct Protestant groups of the 17th and 18th centuries. Using evidence from family papers of famous theologians, political figures, lawyers, and ministers, as well as lesser-known contemporaries, Philip Greven explores the attitudes towards God, children, the will, the body, sexuality, achievement, pleasure, virtue, and selfhood within the evangelical, moderate, and genteel groups. A fascinating and illuminating interpretation of the American Protestant experience.