On Religious Liberty: Selections from the Works of Roger WilliamsHarvard University Press, 31 בינו׳ 2008 - 288 עמודים Banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his refusal to conform to Puritan religious and social standards, Roger Williams established a haven in Rhode Island for those persecuted in the name of the religious establishment. He conducted a lifelong debate over religious freedom with distinguished figures of the seventeenth century, including Puritan minister John Cotton, Massachusetts governor John Endicott, and the English Parliament. |
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... Puritan wilderness , he is largely overshadowed in contemporary discussions of religious freedom by the legacy of enlightened patriots from the eighteenth century . One hundred fifty years before one of those patriots , Thomas Jefferson ...
... Puritans , Williams also maintained a certain exclusivity in his religious convictions ; in other words , Williams be- lieved that because the Puritan worldview was " true , " many ( if not all ) alter- native religious perspectives ...
... Puritan England Roger Williams was born in Smithfield , England , probably in 1603 , the year Queen Elizabeth I died and James I ascended to the throne . Though few Londoners appreciated it at the time , this royal transition marked a ...
... Puritans , " and although Elizabeth managed to keep the peace , the Puritans ' struggle for reform became more vocal , more organized , and more popular through- out her reign . When Elizabeth died in 1603 , the Puritans looked to the ...
... Puritans ' long- ings , however , they quickly discovered that the Stuart kings were much worse . Tolerant of the Puritans early in his reign , James had little stomach for their fastidious theology and became increasingly frustrated ...
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