Making Heretics: Protestant Conflict in Colonial Massachusetts

Uncover the Religious Conflicts That Shaped Early America

Making Heretics by Michael P. Winship delivers the first full-scale reinterpretation in forty years of the religious and political struggles that nearly unraveled Massachusetts in the 1630s. Moving beyond the misleading label of the “antinomian controversy,” this book reveals a volatile world of militant Protestantism, personal rivalries, and contested theology.

What You’ll Discover Inside

• New perspectives on key figures like Anne Hutchinson, John Cotton, and Thomas Shepard
• The hidden influence of Sir Henry Vane and John Wheelwright
• How puritanism struggled to manage religious diversity
• The transatlantic consequences for England and New England

Who This Book Is For

Ideal for scholars, students, and readers fascinated by colonial history, Reformation theology, and early American religious conflict.

Richly researched and powerfully written, Making Heretics reshapes how we understand faith, power, and dissent in early America. Get your copy today and explore the origins of American religious conflict.