I was excited to receive George Marsden's Twilight of the American Enlightenment: The 1950s and the Crisis of Liberal Belief in the mail today. I look forward to reading it in the next few days. Marsden is an exceptionally good writer and has a wonderful way of simplifying complex subjects and ideas.For the past few weeks, I have also been reading the following books:
- Louis Tucker's Puritan Protagonist: President Thomas Clap of Yale College
- Although written in the early 1960s, Tucker's book is still the best source for understanding Thomas Clap and his mindset during the Great Awakening
- Peter Charles Hoffer's When Benjamin Franklin Met the Reverend Whitefield: Enlightenment, Revival, and the Power of the Printed Word
- This is an entertaining book, and offers a helpful overview of the world of Franklin and Whitefield
- Alex Krieger, et al. Mapping Boston
- Lots of interesting material and images of Boston throughout the years
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