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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
019518369X
ISBN-13
9780195183696
eBay Product ID (ePID)
16038278715
Product Key Features
Book Title
Roger Williams
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Topic
United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), Historical
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Book Series
Lives and Legacies Ser.
Format
Hardcover
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Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
10.3 Oz
Item Length
5.8 in
Item Width
8.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2004-025246
Reviews
"This is a little masterpiece. Gaustad knows the religious literature ofcolonial America as well as anyone. Despite being a professional historian, hecan also write sentences that sing. Williams, he tells us, understood whatThomas Jefferson was to proclaim over a century later about freedom and thehuman spirit. The core of our liberal political heritage began as a religiousargument about souls rather than citizens."--Joseph J. Ellis, author of HisExcellence: George Washington, "Not just an excellent introduction to the man but a deep analysis of hislargely unacknowledged influence on our political and culturallife."--Reason, "As Gaustad makes clear in his remarkably succinct biography, Williamsplanted the seeds of ideas that would sprout a century after his death.... Hecould have written several amendments to the Bill of Rights all byhimself."--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "At once maddeningly original and disarmingly humane, Roger Williamschampioned Native American rights, church-state separation, and an independentjudiciary when each was considered rank heresy. The justly noted historian EdwinS. Gaustad presents Williams's remarkable story in straightforward prose,without losing sight of its poetic power." --Forrest Church, author of TheAmerican Creed: A Biography of the Declaration of Independence and TheSeparation of Church and State: Writings on a Fundamental Freedom by America'sFounders, "As Gaustad makes clear in his remarkably succinct biography, Williams planted the seeds of ideas that would sprout a century after his death.... He could have written several amendments to the Bill of Rights all by himself."--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Not just an excellent introduction to the man but a deep analysis of his largely unacknowledged influence on our political and cultural life."--Reason"Our notions of the separation of church and state owe a lot to Williams, a deeply pious Puritan clergyman who believed that civil authorities had no business enforcing religious views....In 1635, Williams founded Rhode Island as a haven of toleration and freethinking. Gaustad's timely little book reminds us that those are the enduring foundations of American civilization."--Time Magazine"Excellent."--Booklist"This is a little masterpiece. Gaustad knows the religious literature of colonial America as well as anyone. Despite being a professional historian, he can also write sentences that sing. Williams, he tells us, understood what Thomas Jefferson was to proclaim over a century later about freedom and the human spirit. The core of our liberal political heritage began as a religious argument about souls rather than citizens."--Joseph J. Ellis, author of HisExcellence: George Washington"As Gaustad makes clear in his remarkably succinct biography, Williams planted the seeds of ideas that would sprout a century after his death....He could have written several amendments to the Bill of Rights all by himself."--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel"At once maddeningly original and disarmingly humane, Roger Williams championed Native American rights, church-state separation, and an independent judiciary when each was considered rank heresy. The justly noted historian Edwin S. Gaustad presents Williams's remarkable story in straightforward prose, without losing sight of its poetic power." --Forrest Church, author of The American Creed: A Biography of the Declaration of Independence and TheSeparation of Church and State: Writings on a Fundamental Freedom by America's Founders"Energetic, elegant."--Providence Journal, "Our notions of the separation of church and state owe a lot to Williams,a deeply pious Puritan clergyman who believed that civil authorities had nobusiness enforcing religious views.... In 1635, Williams founded Rhode Island asa haven of toleration and freethinking. Gaustad's timely little book reminds usthat those are the enduring foundations of American civilization."--TimeMagazine, In 1635, Williams founded Rhode Island as a haven of toleration and freethinking. Gaustad's timely little book reminds us that those are the enduring foundations of American civilization., "Not just an excellent introduction to the man but a deep analysis of his largely unacknowledged influence on our political and cultural life."--Reason "Our notions of the separation of church and state owe a lot to Williams, a deeply pious Puritan clergyman who believed that civil authorities had no business enforcing religious views.... In 1635, Williams founded Rhode Island as a haven of toleration and freethinking. Gaustad's timely little book reminds us that those are the enduring foundations of American civilization."--Time Magazine "Excellent."--Booklist "This is a little masterpiece. Gaustad knows the religious literature of colonial America as well as anyone. Despite being a professional historian, he can also write sentences that sing. Williams, he tells us, understood what Thomas Jefferson was to proclaim over a century later about freedom and the human spirit. The core of our liberal political heritage began as a religious argument about souls rather than citizens." --Joseph J. Ellis, author of His Excellence: George Washington "As Gaustad makes clear in his remarkably succinct biography, Williams planted the seeds of ideas that would sprout a century after his death.... He could have written several amendments to the Bill of Rights all by himself."--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "At once maddeningly original and disarmingly humane, Roger Williams championed Native American rights, church-state separation, and an independent judiciary when each was considered rank heresy. The justly noted historian Edwin S. Gaustad presents Williams's remarkable story in straightforward prose, without losing sight of its poetic power." --Forrest Church, author of The American Creed: A Biography of the Declaration of Independence and The Separation of Church and State: Writings on a Fundamental Freedom by America's Founders "Energetic, elegant."--Providence Journal, "Not just an excellent introduction to the man but a deep analysis of his largely unacknowledged influence on our political and cultural life."-- Reason "Our notions of the separation of church and state owe a lot to Williams, a deeply pious Puritan clergyman who believed that civil authorities had no business enforcing religious views.... In 1635, Williams founded Rhode Island as a haven of toleration and freethinking. Gaustad's timely little book reminds us that those are the enduring foundations of American civilization."-- Time Magazine "Excellent."-- Booklist "This is a little masterpiece. Gaustad knows the religious literature of colonial America as well as anyone. Despite being a professional historian, he can also write sentences that sing. Williams, he tells us, understood what Thomas Jefferson was to proclaim over a century later about freedom and the human spirit. The core of our liberal political heritage began as a religious argument about souls rather than citizens." --Joseph J. Ellis, author of His Excellence: George Washington "As Gaustad makes clear in his remarkably succinct biography, Williams planted the seeds of ideas that would sprout a century after his death.... He could have written several amendments to the Bill of Rights all by himself."-- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "At once maddeningly original and disarmingly humane, Roger Williams championed Native American rights, church-state separation, and an independent judiciary when each was considered rank heresy. The justly noted historian Edwin S. Gaustad presents Williams's remarkable story in straightforward prose, without losing sight of its poetic power." --Forrest Church, author of The American Creed: A Biography of the Declaration of Independence and The Separation of Church and State: Writings on a Fundamental Freedom by America's Founders "Energetic, elegant."-- Providence Journal, "Not just an excellent introduction to the man but a deep analysis of his largely unacknowledged influence on our political and cultural life."--Reason "Our notions of the separation of church and state owe a lot to Williams, a deeply pious Puritan clergyman who believed that civil authorities had no business enforcing religious views.... In 1635, Williams founded Rhode Island as a haven of toleration and freethinking. Gaustad's timely little book reminds us that those are the enduring foundations of American civilization."--Time Magazine "Excellent."--Booklist "This is a little masterpiece. Gaustad knows the religious literature of colonial America as well as anyone. Despite being a professional historian, he can also write sentences that sing. Williams, he tells us, understood what Thomas Jefferson was to proclaim over a century later about freedom and the human spirit. The core of our liberal political heritage began as a religious argument about souls rather than citizens." --Joseph J. Ellis, author ofHis Excellence: George Washington "As Gaustad makes clear in his remarkably succinct biography, Williams planted the seeds of ideas that would sprout a century after his death.... He could have written several amendments to the Bill of Rights all by himself."--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "At once maddeningly original and disarmingly humane, Roger Williams championed Native American rights, church-state separation, and an independent judiciary when each was considered rank heresy. The justly noted historian Edwin S. Gaustad presents Williams's remarkable story in straightforward prose, without losing sight of its poetic power." --Forrest Church, author ofThe American Creed: A Biography of the Declaration of IndependenceandThe Separation of Church and State: Writings on a Fundamental Freedom by America's Founders "Energetic, elegant."--Providence Journal, "This is a little masterpiece. Gaustad knows the religious literature of colonial America as well as anyone. Despite being a professional historian, he can also write sentences that sing. Williams, he tells us, understood what Thomas Jefferson was to proclaim over a century later about freedomand the human spirit. The core of our liberal political heritage began as a religious argument about souls rather than citizens."--Joseph J. Ellis, author of His Excellence: George Washington, "Not just an excellent introduction to the man but a deep analysis of his largely unacknowledged influence on our political and cultural life."--Reason"Our notions of the separation of church and state owe a lot to Williams, a deeply pious Puritan clergyman who believed that civil authorities had no business enforcing religious views....In 1635, Williams founded Rhode Island as a haven of toleration and freethinking. Gaustad's timely little book reminds us that those are the enduring foundations of American civilization."--Time Magazine"Excellent."--Booklist"This is a little masterpiece. Gaustad knows the religious literature of colonial America as well as anyone. Despite being a professional historian, he can also write sentences that sing. Williams, he tells us, understood what Thomas Jefferson was to proclaim over a century later about freedom and the human spirit. The core of our liberal political heritage began as a religious argument about souls rather than citizens."--Joseph J. Ellis, author of His Excellence: George Washington"As Gaustad makes clear in his remarkably succinct biography, Williams planted the seeds of ideas that would sprout a century after his death....He could have written several amendments to the Bill of Rights all by himself."--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel"At once maddeningly original and disarmingly humane, Roger Williams championed Native American rights, church-state separation, and an independent judiciary when each was considered rank heresy. The justly noted historian Edwin S. Gaustad presents Williams's remarkable story in straightforward prose, without losing sight of its poetic power." --Forrest Church, author of The American Creed: A Biography of the Declaration of Independence and The Separation of Church and State: Writings on a Fundamental Freedom by America's Founders"Energetic, elegant."--Providence Journal, "Our notions of the separation of church and state owe a lot to Williams, a deeply pious Puritan clergyman who believed that civil authorities had no business enforcing religious views.... In 1635, Williams founded Rhode Island as a haven of toleration and freethinking. Gaustad's timely littlebook reminds us that those are the enduring foundations of American civilization."--Time Magazine, "Not just an excellent introduction to the man but a deep analysis of his largely unacknowledged influence on our political and cultural life."--Reason "Our notions of the separation of church and state owe a lot to Williams, a deeply pious Puritan clergyman who believed that civil authorities had no business enforcing religious views....In 1635, Williams founded Rhode Island as a haven of toleration and freethinking. Gaustad's timely little book reminds us that those are the enduring foundations of American civilization."--Time Magazine "Excellent."--Booklist "This is a little masterpiece. Gaustad knows the religious literature of colonial America as well as anyone. Despite being a professional historian, he can also write sentences that sing. Williams, he tells us, understood what Thomas Jefferson was to proclaim over a century later about freedom and the human spirit. The core of our liberal political heritage began as a religious argument about souls rather than citizens."--Joseph J. Ellis, author of His Excellence: George Washington "As Gaustad makes clear in his remarkably succinct biography, Williams planted the seeds of ideas that would sprout a century after his death....He could have written several amendments to the Bill of Rights all by himself."--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "At once maddeningly original and disarmingly humane, Roger Williams championed Native American rights, church-state separation, and an independent judiciary when each was considered rank heresy. The justly noted historian Edwin S. Gaustad presents Williams's remarkable story in straightforward prose, without losing sight of its poetic power." --Forrest Church, author of The American Creed: A Biography of the Declaration of Independence and The Separation of Church and State: Writings on a Fundamental Freedom by America's Founders "Energetic, elegant."--Providence Journal, "At once maddeningly original and disarmingly humane, Roger Williams championed Native American rights, church-state separation, and an independent judiciary when each was considered rank heresy. The justly noted historian Edwin S. Gaustad presents Williams's remarkable story instraightforward prose, without losing sight of its poetic power." --Forrest Church, author of The American Creed: A Biography of the Declaration of Independence and The Separation of Church and State: Writings on a Fundamental Freedom by America's Founders, "Not just an excellent introduction to the man but a deep analysis of his largely unacknowledged influence on our political and cultural life."--Reason
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22
Dewey Decimal
974.5/02/092 B
Synopsis
This definitive short biography explores the life of Roger Williams (1603-1683): first champion for the separation of church and state, advocate for a Native American population abused by British colonists, cofounder of the Baptist Church, and founder of the state of Rhode Island. Edwin Gaustad, the world's leading scholar of Roger Williams , tells the story of this crucial figure in American history with an eye to the debate that continues to be hotly contested in the U.S. to this day: where do we draw the line between church and state?, A leading expert on the life of Roger Williams offers this authoritative biography of the founder of Rhode Island and the first Baptist Church in America, and a colonist who befriended Native Americans and took seriously their culture and their legal rights. Illustrations., The founder of Rhode Island and of the first Baptist Church in America, an original and passionate advocate for religious freedom, a rare New England colonist who befriended Native Americans and took seriously their culture and their legal rights, Roger Williams is the forgotten giant among the first English colonists. Now, Edwin S. Gaustad, a leading expert on the life of Roger Williams, offers a vividly written and authoritative biography of the most far-seeing of the early settlers--the first such biography written for a general audience. Readers follow Roger and Mary Williams on their 1631 journey to Boston, where he soon became embroiled in many controversies, most notably, his claim that the colonists had unjustly taken Native American lands and his argument that civil authorities could not enforce religious duties. Soon banished for these troubling (if farsighted) views, Williams wandered for fourteen weeks in bitter snow until he bought land from the Narragansett Indians and founded Providence, which soon became a sanctuary for religious freedom and a refuge for dissenters of all stripes. The book discusses Williams' journey back to London, where he sought legal recognition of his colony, spread his enlightened views on Native Americans, and (alongside John Milton) fought passionately for religious freedom. Gaustad also describes how the royal charter of Rhode Island, obtained by Williams in 1663, would become the blueprint of religious freedom for many other colonies and a foundation stone for the First Amendment. Here then is a vibrant portrait of a great American who is truly worthy of remembrance.
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