Screen LibraryThe first prejudice : religious tolerance and intolerance in early america /
Leading religious historians connect changes in law and rhetoric to daily cooperation and conflict in early America. These essays examine such topics as Native American spiritual life, the biblical sources of tolerance and intolerance, contemporary philosophies of religious liberty, and the resilien...
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2011] ©2011 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Early american studies
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| Summary: |
Leading religious historians connect changes in law and rhetoric to daily cooperation and conflict in early America. These essays examine such topics as Native American spiritual life, the biblical sources of tolerance and intolerance, contemporary philosophies of religious liberty, and the resilience of African American faiths. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (408 pages) : illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9780812204896 |
| Index Number: | BR517 |
| CLC: | B979.712 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction / Chapter 1. Faith, Reason, and Enlightenment. The Cultural Sources of Toleration in Early America / Chapter 2. Amalek and the Rhetoric of Extermination / Chapter 3. The Episcopate, the British Union, and the Failure of Religious Settlement in Colonial British America / Chapter 4. Practicing Toleration in Dutch New Netherland / Chapter 5. Heretics, Blasphemers, and Sabbath Breakers / Chapter 6. Persecuting Quakers? / Chapter 7. Native Freedom? / Chapter 8. Slaves to Intolerance / Chapter 9. Catholics, Protestants, and the Clash of Civilizations in Early America / Chapter 10. Anti-Semitism, Toleration, and Appreciation / Chapter 11. The Catholic Spirit Prevailing in Our Country / Chapter 12. The Boundaries of Toleration and Tolerance / Notes -- Index. |