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Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul
Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul: Church, State, and the Birth of Liberty | John M. Barry
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A revelatory analysis of the 17th-century theologian's integral role in shaping early America's religion, political power and individual rights places his story against a backdrop of Puritanism and the English Civil War while providing coverage of such subjects as Edward Coke and the evolving debate on the separation of church and state. By the award-winning author of Rising Tide.
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An account of the life of Roger Williams, who in 1636 founded the colony of Providence Plantation (Rhode Island) as a refuge for religious minorities. Williams, an early proponent of religious freedom and the separation of church and state, is said to be the first to link religious freedom to individual liberty – which led to America‘s creation as the first government and society on earth informed by those beliefs.

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