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The Resource Roger Williams and the creation of the American soul : church, state, and the birth of liberty, John M. Barry

Roger Williams and the creation of the American soul : church, state, and the birth of liberty, John M. Barry

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Roger Williams and the creation of the American soul : church, state, and the birth of liberty
Title
Roger Williams and the creation of the American soul
Title remainder
church, state, and the birth of liberty
Statement of responsibility
John M. Barry
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Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • An acclaimed historian and "New York Times"--Bestselling author offers a revelatory look at how Roger Williams shaped the nature of religion, political power, and individual rights in America
  • For four hundred years, two fault lines have divided America: one is the proper relationship between the church and the state, and the other is the balance between the rights of the individual versus the power of the state. In this extraordinary book, award-winning and New York Times best-selling writer John M. Barry examines the origins of these fault lines. What he finds is as relevant today as it was when they first emerged in the seventeenth century ... At the center of the story lies Roger Williams, a pioneer in religious freedom, the first man to describe individual liberty in modern terms, and the man who created in America the first government on earth informed by those beliefs. It is set against the background of monumental upheavals in intellectual, political, religious, and social life. In England these led to the writing of the King James Bible, then civil war, revolution, and the beheading of a king. They led in America to efforts to establish an entirely new kind of society, one that would be a beacon unto the world. The question was what that beacon would signal, and what its light would shine upon. - from book flap
Biography type
contains biographical information
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1947-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Barry, John M.
Illustrations
maps
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Williams, Roger
  • Williams, Roger
  • Williams, Roger
  • Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer
  • Williams, Roger
  • United States
  • United States
  • Church and state
  • Freedom of religion
  • États-Unis
  • États-Unis
  • Église et État
  • Liberté religieuse
  • church and state
  • Church and state
  • Freedom of religion
  • Civilization
  • United States
  • Staat
  • Kultur
  • Kirche
  • Freedom of religion
  • Church and state
Label
Roger Williams and the creation of the American soul : church, state, and the birth of liberty, John M. Barry
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-438) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Afterward
  • Prologue
  • The law
  • The covenant
  • The new world
  • The wilderness
  • The mission
  • Soul liberty
  • The test
Control code
733230664
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
464 pages
Isbn
9780670023059
Lccn
2011032995
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 600, 650, 651, 655
Other physical details
maps
System control number
(OCoLC)733230664
Label
Roger Williams and the creation of the American soul : church, state, and the birth of liberty, John M. Barry
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-438) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Afterward
  • Prologue
  • The law
  • The covenant
  • The new world
  • The wilderness
  • The mission
  • Soul liberty
  • The test
Control code
733230664
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
464 pages
Isbn
9780670023059
Lccn
2011032995
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 600, 650, 651, 655
Other physical details
maps
System control number
(OCoLC)733230664

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