02283nam a2200361 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020003100112020002800143020002700171040002100198035002100219043003000240050002300270082002200293100002800315245012800343260006200471300003200533504006600565505050100631520033501132533015201467651003501619651004701654651004801701655002901749710001701778856012601795ebr10492026CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||080925s2009    pauab   sb    001 0 eng d  z  2008042299  z9780812241501 (alk. paper)  z0812241509 (alk. paper)  z9780812203493 (e-book)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)759158267  ae-uk---af------an------14aBR757b.P47 2009eb04a270.09171/2412221 aPestana, Carla Gardina.10aProtestant empireh[electronic resource] :breligion and the making of the British Atlantic world /cCarla Gardina Pestana.  aPhiladelphia :bUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,cc2009.  aviii, 302 p. :bill., maps.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [267]-285) and index.0 aReligion before English expansion -- Reformation and the politicization of religious expansion -- Exporting the religious tensions of the three kingdoms -- Restoration settlement and the growth of diversity -- Battling over religious identity in the late seventeenth century -- Religious encounters and the making of a British Atlantic -- Revivalism and the growth of evangelical Christianity -- Revolutionary divisions, continuing bonds -- Conclusion : the British Atlantic world in perspective.  aBeginning with the role religion played in the lives of believers in West Africa, eastern North America, and western Europe in about 1500, author Carla Gardina Pestana shows how the Protestant Reformation helped to fuel colonial expansion as bitter rivalries prompted a fierce competition for souls. -- from publisher description.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2011.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aGreat BritainxChurch history. 0aGreat BritainxColonieszAfricaxReligion. 0aGreat BritainxColonieszAmericaxReligion. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10492026zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view