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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.
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    July 17, 2007
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    5.5 x 0.6 x 8.3 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0393304035
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0393304039
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Edmund S. Morgan (1916–2013) was the Sterling Professor Emeritus at Yale University and the recipient of the National Humanities Medal, the Pulitzer Prize, and the American Academy’s Gold Medal. The author of The Genuine Article; American Slavery, American Freedom; Benjamin Franklin; and American Heroes, among many others.

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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
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MBC
5.0 out of 5 stars Well written and concise--
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2013
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Edmund 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.
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Lululoulou
4.0 out of 5 stars good but not great
Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2013
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Not enough detail. reached some dubious conclusions. I like the John Barry book on Roger williams much more. I had both books.
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5.0 out of 5 stars This book should be in every Roger Williams’ scholar’s library.
Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2019
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I 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.
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kathleen anderson
3.0 out of 5 stars History book
Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2013
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This was a gift. The recipient stated that the presentation gave him a good overall view of the seperation of church and state.
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Beverly Guy
5.0 out of 5 stars Roger williams: The Church and the State
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My 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.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Roger Williams
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This is a carefully written but well documented work on Williams' distinctive contribution to the relationship between church and state
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Thomas Bird
5.0 out of 5 stars Important figure. Important issue.
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2013
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This 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.
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