BIBLIO is the largest independent book marketplace in the world, with over 100 million books.

Skip to content

The Science of the Soul in Colonial New England
Stock photo: cover may vary

The Science of the Soul in Colonial New England Hardback - 2011

by Sarah Rivett

Add to wish list

Reader reviews for The Science of the Soul in Colonial New England

Write a review for this book

There are no reviews for this book yet. Be the first to write a review!

Your review will be anonymous unless you login or create an account first.

Overall rating
Remember: You’re rating the book as a work, not the seller or the condition of the specific copy you purchased!

Important Terms and Guidelines

  • Please focus on the book’s content and context. Also, add any personal comments as to how you enjoyed the book. Substantiate your likes and dislikes. You may make comparisons to other books.
  • Reviews must be at least 140 characters in length.
  • Please do not reveal critical plot elements.
  • This is not a help line. Contact customer support if you need help.
Your review must not include:
  • Obscenities, discriminatory language, or other insulting language not suitable for public domain
  • Advertisements, “spam” content, or references to other products, offers or websites.
  • Email addresses, URLs, phone numbers, physical addresses or other contact information.
  • Overly critical comments about other reviews or reviewers
  • Time-sensitive material (i.e. promotional tours, seminars, lectures, etc.)
  • Availability, price, or alternative ordering/shipping information

From the publisher

The Science of the Soul challenges long-standing notions of Puritan provincialism as antithetical to the Enlightenment. Sarah Rivett demonstrates that, instead, empiricism and natural philosophy combined with Puritanism to transform the scope of religious activity in colonial New England from the 1630s to the Great Awakening of the 1740s.

In an unprecedented move, Puritan ministers from Thomas Shepard and John Eliot to Cotton Mather and Jonathan Edwards studied the human soul using the same systematic methods that philosophers applied to the study of nature. In particular, they considered the testimonies of tortured adolescent girls at the center of the Salem witch trials, Native American converts, and dying women as a source of material insight into the divine. Conversions and deathbed speeches were thus scrutinized for evidence of grace in a way that bridged the material and the spiritual, the visible and the invisible, the worldly and the divine.

In this way, the "science of the soul" was as much a part of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century natural philosophy as it was part of post-Reformation theology. Rivett's account restores the unity of religion and science in the early modern world and highlights the role and importance of both to transatlantic circuits of knowledge formation.

From the jacket flap

"The Science of the Soul" challenges long-standing notions of Puritan provincialism as antithetical to the Enlightenment. Sarah Rivett demonstrates that, instead, empiricism and natural philosophy combined with Puritanism to transform the scope of religious activity in colonial New England from the 1630s to the Great Awakening of the 1740s.

Details

  • Title The Science of the Soul in Colonial New England
  • Author Sarah Rivett
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition [ Edition: first
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Omohundro Institute and Unc Press, Chapel Hill
  • Publication date 2011-11-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780807835241 / 0807835242
  • Weight 1.51 lbs (0.68 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.41 x 6.45 x 1.16 in (23.90 x 16.38 x 2.95 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Historical
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
  • Category History - U.S.
  • Library of Congress subjects Puritans, New England - Church history - 18th century
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2011028948
  • Dewey Decimal Code 285.909
Back to top↑

More Copies for Sale

The Science of the Soul in Colonial New England (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early...
Stock photo: cover may vary

The Science of the Soul in Colonial New England (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press)

by Rivett, Sarah

  • Used
  • Acceptable
  • Hardback
Condition
Acceptable
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780807835241 / 0807835242
Quantity available
1
Seller
Dog-Eared Books
Item price
A$32.29
Free Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
Omohundro Institute and UNC Pres, 11/1/2011 12:00:01 A. hardcover. Acceptable. 1.3386 12.0866 8.7008. Pages are free of writing Cover shows light wear from reading/handling. Clean, good binding. Dog-Eared Books is an independent, US-based, woman owned and operated business. Dust jacket shows some wear along the edges. Light notes and underlining on a few of the pages.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$32.29
Free Delivery to USA
The Science of the Soul in Colonial New England (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early...
Stock photo: cover may vary

The Science of the Soul in Colonial New England (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press)

by Rivett, Sarah

  • New
  • Hardback
Condition
New
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780807835241 / 0807835242
Quantity available
6
Seller
Ergodebooks
Item price
A$40.71
Free Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press, 2011-11-01. hardcover. New. 6.12x1.00x9.25. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$40.71
Free Delivery to USA
Science of the Soul in Colonial New England
Stock photo: cover may vary

Science of the Soul in Colonial New England

by Rivett, Sarah

  • Used
Condition
Used
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780807835241 / 0807835242
Quantity available
1
Seller
Magers and Quinn Booksellers
Biblio Top Seller
Item price
A$49.50
A$5.85 Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
Omohundro Institute and Unc Press. Used - Very Good. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$49.50
A$5.85 Delivery to USA
The Science of the Soul in Colonial New England (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early...
Stock photo: cover may vary

The Science of the Soul in Colonial New England (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press)

by Rivett, Sarah

  • Used
  • Hardback
Condition
Used
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780807835241 / 0807835242
Quantity available
1
Seller
Ergodebooks
Item price
A$72.67
Free Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press, 2011-11-01. hardcover. Used: Good. 6.12x1.00x9.25. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$72.67
Free Delivery to USA
The Science of the Soul in Colonial New England (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early...
Stock photo: cover may vary

The Science of the Soul in Colonial New England (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press)

by Rivett, Sarah

  • Used
  • Good
  • Hardback
Condition
Good
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780807835241 / 0807835242
Quantity available
1
Seller
Bonita
Item price
A$78.82
Free Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$78.82
Free Delivery to USA
The Science Of the Soul In Colonial New England
Stock photo: cover may vary

The Science Of the Soul In Colonial New England

by Rivett, Sarah,

  • New
Condition
New
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780807835241 / 0807835242
Quantity available
1
Seller
GreatBookPrices
Item price
A$101.40
A$5.85 Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
new.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$101.40
A$5.85 Delivery to USA
The Science Of the Soul In Colonial New England
Stock photo: cover may vary

The Science Of the Soul In Colonial New England

by Rivett, Sarah,

  • Used
Condition
New
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780807835241 / 0807835242
Quantity available
1
Seller
GreatBookPrices
Item price
A$101.40
A$5.85 Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
like new.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$101.40
A$5.85 Delivery to USA
The Science of the Soul in Colonial New England
Stock photo: cover may vary

The Science of the Soul in Colonial New England

by Rivett, Sarah

  • New
  • Hardback
Condition
New
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780807835241 / 0807835242
Quantity available
1
Seller
Revaluation Books
Item price
A$146.44
A$29.09 Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
Univ of North Carolina Pr, 2011. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 384 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.50 inches.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$146.44
A$29.09 Delivery to USA
Show all copies
Back to top↑

Please wait a moment while we load the requested page.