Roger Williams and Puritan Radicalism in the English Separatist Tradition
| Author: | Spurgin, Hugh | |
| Year: | 1989 | |
| Pages: | 250 | |
| ISBN: | 0-88946-678-5 978-0-88946-678-4 | |
| Price: | $179.95 + shipping | |
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Demonstrates how Roger Williams developed the 17th-century English separatist tradition into the American political doctrine of separation of church and state.
Reviews
" . . . students, especially of colonial America, should find it useful as an introduction to English Separatist thought." - The Catholic Historical
"An important study of the roots of Williams's theology in English separatism and of the emergence of his belief in the secular nature of the state. . . . Recommended for all libraries." - Choice
"Spurgin has produced a scholarly, well-documented study of the intellectual background of the radical Separatist leader and founder of the Rhode Island colony." - Bulletin of the Bangor Theological Seminary
". . . an instructive treatment of some of Williams's ideas along with those of certain predecessors and contemporaries. . . . the book does well to take Separatism seriously and to consider its broad impact on the American scene, both by way of Williams
"An important study of the roots of Williams's theology in English separatism and of the emergence of his belief in the secular nature of the state. . . . Recommended for all libraries." - Choice
"Spurgin has produced a scholarly, well-documented study of the intellectual background of the radical Separatist leader and founder of the Rhode Island colony." - Bulletin of the Bangor Theological Seminary
". . . an instructive treatment of some of Williams's ideas along with those of certain predecessors and contemporaries. . . . the book does well to take Separatism seriously and to consider its broad impact on the American scene, both by way of Williams