Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul: Church, State, and the Birth of Liberty
John M. Barry,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Penguin Group (USA)
John M. Barry,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Penguin Group (USA)
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Format: Textbook
ASIN: 9780670023059
Publish date: 05-01-2012
Publisher: Penguin
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Literature,
Religion,
Politics,
Philosophy,
American History,
Spirituality,
Law,
17th Century
This book is a thought-provoking study of how Roger Williams produced two of the greatest concepts in history, ideas that reached down through time and became part of the American Constitution. Those concepts were in the belief of the separation of church and state and the tenet of individual freed...
Note: this book was a Goodreads First ReadI was intrigued by simply the title of this new book. I had taken an Early American literature class in college and read Sarah Vowell's (highly recommended!)Wordy Shipmates so I was vaguely familiar with Roger Williams and the fact that he was one daring Pur...
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