Reddit reviews Wayward Puritans: A Study in the Sociology of Deviance, Classic Edition

I really liked this book.

I recently read Wayward Puritans and one of the arguments against the first accused witch, who was really just this female preacher who challenged the church authority at that time, was that she said she spoke to God. She knew the Bible too well for them to counter her actual preaching, but everyone agreed, the author says, that the Age of Revelation was solidly over. That meant if she was speaking to God, she was probably really speaking to the Devil, even if she didn't know it. It's an oddly half-sane observation.