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Leland Ryken, Dr. Leland Ryken

Zondervan, 1990

Honest and Forthright History
I was most pleased to find this book. Though I am a believer in the Puritans being the pinnacle of christianity I knew that they couldn't be perfect. Mr. Ryken has written a most readable and enjoyable history of the Puritans. He does not shy away from clear problems that they had. What caught my interest most was his demonstration through his scholarship that society under the Puritan ...