Magnalia Christi Americana - Wikipedia Magnalia Christi Americana From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Title page of the book Magnalia Christi Americana (roughly, The Glorious Works of Christ in America) is a book published in 1702 by the puritan minister Cotton Mather (1663–1728). Its title is in Latin, but its subtitle is in English: The Ecclesiastical History of New England from Its First Planting in 1620, until the Year of Our Lord 1698. It was generally written in English and printed in London "for Thomas Parkhurst, at the Bible and Three Crowns, Cheapside." It consists of seven "books" collected into two volumes, and it details the religious development of Massachusetts, and other nearby colonies in New England from 1620 to 1698. Notable parts of the book include Mather's descriptions of the Salem witch trials, in which he criticizes some of the methods of the court and attempts to distance himself from the event; his account of the escape of Hannah Dustan, one of the best known captivity narratives; his complete "catalogus" of all the students who graduated from Harvard College, the story of the founding of Harvard College itself; and his assertions that Puritan slaveholders should do more to convert their slaves to Christianity. Mather's first edition of the book was published in London in 1702. A second edition - the first published in the United States - was printed in 1820 in Hartford, Connecticut by Silas Andrus and Son, who also produced a third edition in 1855. Robbins reprinted an edition in 1852 and 1967, which is the only complete reprinting of the first edition. A 1977 reprint of small selections, with extensive footnotes, was produced for Belknap Press by Kenneth Ballard Murdock. See also[edit] 1702 in literature Further reading[edit] Perry Miller. "Errand Into The Wilderness." William and Mary Quarterly 10, no. 1 (1953). Kenneth Murdock. "Clio in the Wilderness: History and Biography in Puritan New England." Church History 24 (1955). Sacvan Bercovitch. The Puritan Origins of the American Self. Yale University Press, 1970. Michael Mages. “Magnalia Christi Americana: America’s Literary Old Testament.” International scholars Publications, 1999. External links[edit] Magnalia Christi Americana. Online copy of John Adams' 1702 edition at the Boston Public Library This article about a non-fiction book on U.S. history is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v t e This article about a book related to Christianity is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v t e Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Magnalia_Christi_Americana&oldid=988852525" Categories: 1702 books History books about the United States 18th-century Christian texts History of Christianity texts United States history book stubs Christian studies book stubs Hidden categories: AC with 0 elements All stub articles Navigation menu Personal tools Not logged in Talk Contributions Create account Log in Namespaces Article Talk Variants Views Read Edit View history More Search Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Donate Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Tools What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information Cite this page Wikidata item Print/export Download as PDF Printable version Languages Latina Norsk bokmål Polski Edit links This page was last edited on 15 November 2020, at 17:16 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. Privacy policy About Wikipedia Disclaimers Contact Wikipedia Mobile view Developers Statistics Cookie statement