A review by bil
Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul: Church, State, and the Birth of Liberty by John M. Barry

4.0

This book is long and a little dense, but does such a great job of placing Roger Williams in context as a theologian, philosopher, Englishman, colonist, and leader. I also got a bit of education about the English civil war (re-education? Sorry Mr. Costello!) and Christian terrorism.

I especially enjoyed the blog pamphlet fight between Roger and John Cotton.

Anyway, really good book, lots to think about, even here in the 21st Century.