The First American Founder: Roger Williams and Freedom of Conscience by Alan E. Johnson

The First American Founder: Roger Williams and Freedom of Conscience

Alan E. Johnson

664 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction historical history philosophy challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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Roger Williams, a deeply religious minister in seventeenth-century New England, revolutionized thinking about the role government should play in religion. Banished from Massachusetts for his controversial views, he founded the Town of Providence o...

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