Radicals in Their Own Time: Four Hundred Years of Struggle for Liberty and Equal Justice in America
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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.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521187036
ISBN13:9780521187039
Release Date:November 2010
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:408 Pages
Weight:1.22 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 8.9"
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