Reiner SmolinskiCotton Mather, The leading New England theologian of his period, Mather was both a defender of Reformed orthodoxy and an intellectual innovator, who propagated the Pietist renewal of Protestantism and embraced ideas of the Early Enlightenment. Best kown for his Magnalia Christi Americana (1702), he published more than 400 works in various fields including church history, natural theology, and medicine.Reiner Smolinski, Born 1954; 1987 Ph.D. in English/American Studies from The Pennsylvania State University; Professor of Early American Literature and Culture at Georgia State University (Atlanta). Read More Read Less