challenges of Roger Williams
Subtitle: religious liberty, violent persecution, and the Bible
By: James P. Byrd, Jr.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Macon, Ga
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
Subjects: Williams, Roger, -- 1604?-1683.; Persecution -- United States -- History -- 17th century.; Freedom of religion -- United States -- History -- 17th century.; United States -- Church history -- 17th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: The modern quest for the elusive Roger Williams; value: The politics of the Old Testament in New England; value: A parable of religious liberty : controversy over the weeds and wheat; value: St. Paul and civil government in the Puritan colonies; value: The apocalyptic struggle with colonial persecution : violence, liberty, and the book of Revelation; value: Roger Williams's biblical challenge to America; value: Appendix: 1. A reference guide to Roger Williams's biblical interpretation. 2. A scripture index to the complete writings of Roger Williams. 3. Scripture indices to Williams's individual works. 4. Ranking of biblical chapter citations in Williams's complete writings. 5. Ranking of biblical chapter citations in Williams's individual works. 6. Ranking of biblical genre citations in Williams's complete writings. 7. Ranking of biblical genre citations in Williams's individual works; value: Ranking of citations of biblical books in Williams's complete writings. 8. Ranking of citations of biblical books in Williams's individual works.