TY - BOOK
T1 - The Lively Experiment: Religious Toleration in America from Roger Williams to the Present
AU - Beneke, Chris
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Three hundred and fifty years ago, Roger Williams launched one of the world’s first great experiments in religious toleration. Insisting that religion be separated from civil power, he founded Rhode Island, a colony that welcomed people of many faiths. Though stark forms of intolerance persisted, Williams’ commitments to faith and liberty of conscience came to define the nation and its conception of itself. Through crisp essays that show how Americans demolished old prejudices while inventing new ones, The Lively Experiment offers a comprehensive account of America’s boisterous history of interreligious relations.
AB - Three hundred and fifty years ago, Roger Williams launched one of the world’s first great experiments in religious toleration. Insisting that religion be separated from civil power, he founded Rhode Island, a colony that welcomed people of many faiths. Though stark forms of intolerance persisted, Williams’ commitments to faith and liberty of conscience came to define the nation and its conception of itself. Through crisp essays that show how Americans demolished old prejudices while inventing new ones, The Lively Experiment offers a comprehensive account of America’s boisterous history of interreligious relations.
UR - https://www.amazon.com/Lively-Experiment-Religious-Toleration-Williams/dp/153810170X
M3 - Book
SN - 978-1538101704
BT - The Lively Experiment: Religious Toleration in America from Roger Williams to the Present
PB - Rowman & Littlefield
ER -