Sacred liberty America's long, bloody, and ongoing struggle for religious freedom
"Sacred Liberty offers a dramatic, sweeping survey of how America built a unique model of religious freedom, perhaps the nation's "greatest invention." Steven Waldman, the bestselling author of Founding Faith, shows how early ideas about religious liberty were tested and refined...
| Main Author: | Waldman, Steven (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
HarperOne,
[2019]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
"Sacred Liberty offers a dramatic, sweeping survey of how America built a unique model of religious freedom, perhaps the nation's "greatest invention." Steven Waldman, the bestselling author of Founding Faith, shows how early ideas about religious liberty were tested and refined amidst the brutal persecution of Catholics, Baptists, Mormons, Quakers, African slaves, Native Americans, Muslims, Jews and Jehovah's Witnesses. American leaders drove religious freedom forward--figures like James Madison, George Washington, the World War II presidents (Roosevelt, Truman, and Eisenhower) and even George W. Bush. But the biggest heroes were the regular Americans--people like Mary Dyer, Marie Barnett and W.D. Mohammed--who risked their lives or reputations by demanding to practice their faiths freely."--Page [2] of cover. |
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| Physical Description: |
ix, 405 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [325]-388) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780062743145 0062743147 |