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The first prejudice : religious tolerance and intolerance in early America

Title
The first prejudice : religious tolerance and intolerance in early America / edited by Chris Beneke and Christopher S. Grenda.
ISBN
9780812242706 (hardcover : alk. paper)
081224270X (hardcover : alk. paper)
Published
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2011.
Physical Description
vi, 401 p. ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 12, 2012
Series
Early American studies.
Early American studies
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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
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