From a Far Country : Camisards and Huguenots in the Atlantic World.

Intro -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION. Camisards and Huguenots: Old and New World -- ONE. Crisis in the Cévennes -- TWO. Survival Strategies: Prophets, Preachers, and Paradigms -- THREE. The Testimonials: The French Prophets and the Inspirés of the Holy Spirit -- FOUR. "From a Farr Countrie": An Introduction to the French Protestant Experience in New England -- FIVE. Protestant and Profiteer: Gabriel Bernon in the New World -- SIX. Cotton Mather, Ezéchiel Carré, and the French Connection -- SEVEN. Elie Neau and French Protestant Pietism in Colonial New York -- CONCLUSION. "A Habitation Elsewhere": Huguenots, Camisards, and the Transatlantic Experience -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

Randall portrays the French Protestant diaspora through three figures: Gabriel Bernon, who led a Huguenot exodus to Massachusetts; Ezéchiel Carré, a Camisard who influenced Cotton Mather's theology; and Elie Neau, a Camisard-influenced writer and escaped galley slave who established North America's first school for blacks.

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