{"id":6807,"date":"2013-04-02T14:57:33","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T19:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/?p=2456"},"modified":"2020-07-06T11:34:46","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T16:34:46","slug":"killer-congregations-massachusetts-ministers-and-the-salem-witchcraft-crisis-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/2013\/04\/02\/killer-congregations-massachusetts-ministers-and-the-salem-witchcraft-crisis-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Killer Congregations: Massachusetts' Ministers and the Salem Witchcraft Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nWednesday, April 10, 2013<\/strong><\/span>
\nPuritan ministers, influential leaders in the towns and villages of seventeenth century colonial Massachusetts, insisted on the existence of witchcraft.\u00a0 But when villagers began to turn on one another, labeling women and men throughout Essex County, Massachusetts as witches, these religious leaders were divided on how to rid their congregations and communities of Satan’s presence.\u00a0 This presentation will report on Dr. Lauren Lemley’s research into their religious rhetoric and the unique role it played in America’s most famous witch hunt — the Salem witchcraft crisis.]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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