02314nam a2200373 a 4500 ebr10492026 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 080925s2009 pauab sb 001 0 eng d 2008042299 9780812241501 (alk. paper) 0812241509 (alk. paper) 9780812203493 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)759158267 e-uk--- f------ n------ BR757 .P47 2009eb 270.09171/241 22 Pestana, Carla Gardina. Protestant empire [electronic resource] : religion and the making of the British Atlantic world / Carla Gardina Pestana. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2009. viii, 302 p. : ill., maps. Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-285) and index. Religion 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. Beginning 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Great Britain Church history. Great Britain Colonies Africa Religion. Great Britain Colonies America Religion. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10492026 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 126360 126360