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Roger Williams: The Church and the State Paperback – July 17, 2007
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An illuminating portrait of the nation's earliest―and most passionate―advocate for the total separation of church and state.
A classic of its kind, Edmund S. Morgan's Roger Williams skillfully depicts the intellectual life of the man who, after his expulsion in 1635 from the Massachusetts Bay Colony, founded what would become Rhode Island. As Morgan re-creates the evolution of Williams's thoughts on the nature of the church and the state, he captures with characteristic economy and precision the institutions that informed Williams's worldview, from the Protestant church in England to the Massachusetts government in the seventeenth century. In doing so, Morgan reveals the origins of a perennial―and heated―American debate, told through the ideas of one of the most brilliant polemicists on the subject, a man whose mind, as Morgan describes, "drove him to examine accepted ideas and carry them to unacceptable conclusions." Forty years after its first publication, Roger Williams remains essential reading for anyone interested in the church, the state, and the right relation of the two.- Print length186 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
- Publication dateJuly 17, 2007
- Dimensions5.5 x 0.6 x 8.3 inches
- ISBN-100393304035
- ISBN-13978-0393304039
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- Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company (July 17, 2007)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 186 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0393304035
- ISBN-13 : 978-0393304039
- Item Weight : 8.4 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.6 x 8.3 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #223,137 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #287 in U.S. Colonial Period History
- #1,012 in Religious Leader Biographies
- #2,732 in U.S. State & Local History
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- Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2013Edmund Morgan is a well-known historian of the colonial period, especially with regards to issues of religion, and this book well explains the source of that fame. Morgan is an eminently skilled writer and treats this complex subject with concision and scrutiny. His bent is kind to the somewhat tumultuous legacy of Roger Williams, but this bent in no way impedes a dispassionate treatment of the subject well argued with the relevant available facts.
Anyone with interest in American religion would be well served to read this.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2024Edmund Morgan is an excellent historian and author. His explanation of the thinking and beliefs of Roger Williams is careful and thorough. If one wishes to understand the roots of our country’s concept of the separation of church and state and our dedication to religious liberty you will find it here. Providence Plantation, later Rhode Island, stands apart from the other colonies in that it had no established religion. Learn how that came about and the lasting effects it has had.
- Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2019I used the book for research. The content is researched very well, and the writing is highly accessible. Overall, the book was very useful to my project.
- Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2013This was a gift. The recipient stated that the presentation gave him a good overall view of the seperation of church and state.
- Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2013Not enough detail. reached some dubious conclusions. I like the John Barry book on Roger williams much more. I had both books.
- Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2014My grown son likes this book for many reasons and so do others I know . I haven't read it yet but from just what others are saying it is very good reading.
- Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2013This is a valuable book in the on-going discussion of the history of Church-State relations in America.
The volume arrived promptly and in excellent condition.
I commend the book dealer for his/her professionalism.
- Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2013This is a carefully written but well documented work on Williams' distinctive contribution to the relationship between church and state