Behind the Scenes of "Puritans Gone Wild"

NOTE FROM NON-BORING HOUSE

I promise not to write such a massive two-parter again for a while. Or I will try not to. But please forgive my self-indulgence. This is waay too close to my work as an academic for me to remain objective.

I didn’t go to into my doctoral program intending to be an early American historian, much less write about religion. In fact, I had declared Twentiet…