Separating Church and State: Roger Williams and Religious Liberty

by Timothy L. Hall

Book Overview

Roger Williams, founder of the colony of Rhode Island, is famous as an
apostle of religious tolerance and a foe of religious establishments.
In Separating Church and State, Timothy Hall combines impressive
historical and legal scholarship to explore Williams's theory of religious
liberty and relate it to current debate. Williams's fierce religious dogmaticism,
Hall argues, is precisely what led to his religious tolerance,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252066642
• ISBN13: 9780252066641
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"