Part I. Ideologies of Tolerance and Intolerance in Early America :
1. Faith, reason, and enlightenment : the cultural sources of toleration in early America / Christopher S. Grenda
2. Amalek and the rhetoric of extermination / John Corrigan
Part II. Practices of Tolerance and Intolerance in Colonial British America :
3. The episcopate, the British union, and the failure of religious settlement in colonial British America / Ned Landsman
4. Practicing toleration in Dutch New Netherland / Joyce D. Goodfriend
5. Heretics, blasphemers, and Sabbath breakers : the prosecution of religious crime in early America / Susan Juster
6. Persecuting Quakers? : liberty and toleration in early Pennsylvania / Andrew R. Murphy
Part III. The Boundaries of Tolerance and Intolerance in Early America ;
7. Native freedom? : Indians and religious tolerance in early America / Richard W. Pointer
8. Slaves to intolerance : African American Christianity and religious freedom in early America / Jon Sensbach
9. Catholics, Protestants, and the clash of civilizations in early America / Owen Stanwood
10. Anti-Semitism, toleration, and appreciation : the changing relations of Jews and Gentiles in early America / William Pencak
Part IV. The Persistence of Tolerance and Intolerance in the New Nation :
11. The "catholic spirit" prevailing in our country" : America's moderate religious revolution / Chris Benek
12. The boundaries of toleration and tolerance : religious infidelity in the early American republic / Christopher Grasso