Charles Chauncy (1705-1787) was minister of the First Church (Congregational) of Boston, 1727-1787, an Old-Light opponent of Jonathan Edwards and the New Light ministers of the Great Awakening, and a precursor of Unitarianism. Contents: A Boston lad - The young Harvard scholar - A "Godly, faithful man" - After the surprising conversions - The outpouring of the Holy Spirit - Words in season - After the Great Awakening - A body of divinity - Liberty, civil and religious - Divinity, zeal, rancor and revenge - Exile and return - Pudding and pies. Frontispiece: Black-and-white portrait of Charles Chauncy, by an unknown artist. Includes index.