Darkness Falls on the Land of Light: Experiencing Religious Awakenings in Eighteenth-Century New England (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early ... and the University of North Carolina Press)

by Douglas L. Winiarski

“I was born Feb 15th 1711 and born again octo 1741.” The terse opening sentence of Nathan Cole’s “Spiritual Travels” not only signaled a sharp break with his religious past but it also provided an impetus to write.