The Lively Experiment
Subtitle: Religious Toleration in America from Roger Williams to the Present
Publisher: Rowan & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Lanham; Boulder; New York; London
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9781442248724
Description: 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. - Publisher.