Jon Butler wrote that early American Christianity was intermingled with the occult.

Date
Apr 1979
Type
Periodical
Source
Jon Butler
Non-LDS
Hearsay
Secondary
Reference

Jon Butler, "Magic, Astrology, and the Early American Religious Heritage, 1600-1760," American Historical Review 84, no. 2 (April 1979): 318

Scribe/Publisher
American Historical Review
People
Jon Butler
Audience
General Public
Transcription

For American colonists were indeed religious, but many resorted to occult and magical practices unacceptable to most Christian clergymen and lawmakers.

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