Beginning with the legacy of Roger Williams, who in 1633 founded the first colony not restricted to people of one faith,
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This book presents the issues, controversies, and key players that formed and enabled the American college and universit
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In this beautiful and feelingly written book, Mary Lee Settle tells the story of Roger Williams: the most compelling fig
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The New York Times bestselling author of The Case for Impeachment shows that gerrymandering and voter suppression have a
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Eighteen. Twenty-one. Sixty-five. In America today, we recognize these numbers as key transitions in our lives—precise m
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Beyond the Persecuting Society constructs a history of toleration from the Middle Ages through the seventeenth century.
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In Taxes on Knowledge in America, Randall P. Bezanson explores the extent to which the publication and distribution of c
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The first European settlers saw America as a paradise regained. The continent seemed to offer a God-given opportunity to
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Religious intolerance, so terrible and deadly in its recent manifestations, is nothing new. In fact, until after the eig
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Religious toleration appears near the top of any short list of core liberal democratic values. Theorists from John Locke
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