Radicals in their own time : four hundred years of struggle for liberty and equal justice in America / Michael Anthony Lawrence.

By:

Lawrence, Michael Anthony [author.]

Language: English. Publication details: Cambridge : New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.Description: xii, 396p. illISBN:

9780521193665 (hbk.)

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DDC classification:

973.099 LAW-R

Contents:

Roger Williams (1603-1683) : Freeborn -- Thomas Paine (1737-1809) : Revolution -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) : Gender Wars -- W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963) : American Apartheid -- Vine Deloria, Jr. (1933-2005) : Betrayals and Bridges.

Summary: Radicals in Their Own Time explores the lives of five Americans, with lifetimes spanning four hundred years, who agitated for greater freedom in America. Every generation has them: individuals who speak truth to power and crave freedom from arbitrary authority. This book makes two important observations in discussing Roger Williams, Thomas Paine, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, W. E. B. Du Bois and Vine Deloria, Jr. First, each believed that government must broadly tolerate individual autonomy. Second, each argued that religious orthodoxy has been a major source of society's ills – and all endured serious negative repercussions for doing so. The book challenges Christian orthodoxy and argues that part of what makes these five figures compelling is their willingness to pay the price for their convictions – much to the lasting benefit of liberty and equal justice in America.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-370) and index.

Radicals in Their Own Time explores the lives of five Americans, with lifetimes spanning four hundred years, who agitated for greater freedom in America. Every generation has them: individuals who speak truth to power and crave freedom from arbitrary authority. This book makes two important observations in discussing Roger Williams, Thomas Paine, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, W. E. B. Du Bois and Vine Deloria, Jr. First, each believed that government must broadly tolerate individual autonomy. Second, each argued that religious orthodoxy has been a major source of society's ills – and all endured serious negative repercussions for doing so. The book challenges Christian orthodoxy and argues that part of what makes these five figures compelling is their willingness to pay the price for their convictions – much to the lasting benefit of liberty and equal justice in America.

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