Quakers and Baptists in Colonial Massachusetts

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Focusing on the history of two religious sects in seventeenth-century Massachusetts, the book explores the Quaker meeting in Salem and the Baptist church in Boston amidst a backdrop of legal constraints against non-Puritan faiths. It details the struggles of dissenters to establish themselves, their integration into families and communities, and the evolution of their beliefs and organizations. The author also examines gender differences in responses to these sects, alongside sociological theories of sectarian evolution and the political dynamics of dissent during this period.