01802cam a2200181 a 4500020002500000041001300025082001900038100003900057245013500096260006400231300002400295504006400319505024400383520088600627546001301513650004201526650005201568  a9780521193665 (hbk.)  aEnglish.00a973.099bLAW-R1 aLawrence, Michael Anthonyeauthor.10aRadicals in their own time :bfour hundred years of struggle for liberty and equal justice in America /cMichael Anthony Lawrence.  aCambridge :aNew York :bCambridge University Press,c2011.  axii, 396p. bill. ;  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 309-370) and index.0 aRoger 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.  aRadicals 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.  aEnglish. 0aCivil rightszUnited StatesxHistory. 0aCivil rights workerszUnited StatesvBiography.