Review
A Man of Conscience
The Wilson Quarterly, Vol.36(1), pp.100-101
01/01/2012
Abstract
Viking. 464 pp. $35 WHEN HISTORIAN JOHN M. Barry set out to write a book examining the role of religion in modern American public life, his exploration took him instead back to the settling of New England and the unsettling figure of Roger Williams, the first colonist to cultivate the freedom of thought we regard as our birthright. Barry is no biographer- Williams does not really enter the story until a third of the way through the book; the opening chapters are devoted to historical background- but he does draw a vivid portrait of the time.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A Man of Conscience
- Creators
- Christopher Merrill
- Resource Type
- Review
- Publication Details
- The Wilson Quarterly, Vol.36(1), pp.100-101
- ISSN
- 0363-3276
- eISSN
- 2328-529X
- Publisher
- Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; Washington
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2012
- Academic Unit
- International Writing Program; International Programs; English
- Record Identifier
- 9984398751402771
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