T he Salem Witch Trials were more than a tragic chapter in colonial history; they were a mirror reflecting the darker ...

The struggle for the Christian past -- William Bradford : Caesar in the wilderness -- Cotton Mather : a pathetic Plutarch -- Jonathan Edwards : an American tragedy ...

In many ways, the United States was founded by what current Americans might call a cult. The Puritans were a radical, high-control group with doomsday beliefs, a fact we rarely acknowledge. The ...