Wars of the Lord - The Puritan Conquest of America''s First People

Matthew J. Tuininga tells the epic yet tragic story of the Puritan conquest of New England from the perspective of those who lived it, both colonists and Native Americans. Religion, he argues, was the central driving force of both peaceful efforts to convert Native Americans to Christianity and the brutal slaughter of Native Americans in wartime.

List of contents

• Abbreviations


• Introduction - The First Encounter


• Part I - Settlement


• Chapter 1 - The Pilgrims


• Chapter 2 -The Puritans


• Chapter 3 - The Lord has Cleared Our Title


• Chapter 4 - War with the Pequots


• Chapter 5 - Massacre at Mystic


• Chapter 6 - Miantonomi


• Part II - Mission


• Chapter 7 - The Conquests and Triumphs of Christ


• Chapter 8 - Reparations


• Chapter 9 - Natick


• Chapter 10 - The Pocumtuck War


• Chapter 11 - God, King, and Land


• Chapter 12 - Praying Towns


• Chapter 13 - The Wampanoags


• Part III - War


• Chapter 14 - Who Are Friends and Who Are Foes?


• Chapter 15 - God Does Not Go Forth With Our Armies


• Chapter 16 - No Indians Can Be Trusted


• Chapter 17 - The Narragansetts


• Chapter 18 - New England in Flames


• Chapter 19 - Negotiations


• Chapter 20 - New England's Reckoning


• Chapter 21 - Turning Point


• Chapter 22 - Algonquian Defeat


• Epilogue


• Bibliography


• Index

About the author

Matthew J. Tuininga is Professor of Christian Ethics and the History of Christianity at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, MI, where he has taught since 2015. He is the author of Calvin's Political Theology and the Public Engagement of the Church: Christ's Two Kingdoms (2017).

Summary

Matthew J. Tuininga tells the epic yet tragic story of the Puritan conquest of New England from the perspective of those who lived it, both colonists and Native Americans. Religion, he argues, was the central driving force of both peaceful efforts to convert Native Americans to Christianity and the brutal slaughter of Native Americans in wartime.

Additional text

The Wars of the Lordis the best synthesis of colonial-Indian relations in seventeenth-century New England since Alden T. Vaughan'sNew England Frontiermore than half a century ago.Thoroughly researched, crisply written, and balanced in perspective, Matthew J. Tuininga makes a compelling case that religion infused the entire Puritan enterprise, including its horrors. This book puts the colonialin colonial America.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew J. Tuininga, Matthew J. (Professor of Christian Ethic Tuininga
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.03.2025
• EAN: 9780197671764
• ISBN: 978-0-19-767176-4
• No. of pages: 464
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, RELIGION / Christianity / Protestant, military history, HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), History of Religion, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Battles & campaigns, Specific wars and campaigns, Northeastern & North Atlantic States, US Northeast: New England, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), American War of Independence, C 1700 To C 1800, c 1765 to 1783 (American Revolutionary period), Protestantism & Protestant Churches, Protestantism and Protestant Churches, HISTORY / Indigenous / General