04580nam 2200841Ia 450 991081230750332120220305005331.00-8122-2378-00-8122-0895-110.9783/9780812208955(CKB)2670000000418206(EBL)3442087(SSID)ssj0000949488(PQKBManifestationID)11630173(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000949488(PQKBWorkID)10998157(PQKB)11678029(OCoLC)859160725(MdBmJHUP)muse26854(DE-B1597)449560(OCoLC)1024034262(OCoLC)1037979437(OCoLC)1041907672(OCoLC)1046605720(OCoLC)1047018514(OCoLC)1049634960(OCoLC)1054881862(OCoLC)979744438(DE-B1597)9780812208955(Au-PeEL)EBL3442087(CaPaEBR)ebr10748464(CaONFJC)MIL682424(MiAaPQ)EBC3442087(EXLCZ)99267000000041820620111107d2012 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrNew Netherland and the Dutch origins of American religious liberty /Evan Haefeli1st ed.Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Pressc20121 online resource (376 p.)Early American StudiesDescription based upon print version of record.1-322-51142-X 0-8122-4408-7 Includes bibliographical references (p.[313]-342)and index.Front matter --Contents --Preface --Note on translations, transcriptions, and dates --Introduction --1. Dutch Tolerance --2. Connivance --3. Toleration --4. Non-Christians --5. Babel --6. Liberty of Conscience --7. Public Church --8. Borders --9. Radicalism --10. Conquest --Conclusion --List of Abbreviations --Notes --Bibliography --Index --AcknowledgmentsThe settlers of New Netherland were obligated to uphold religious toleration as a legal right by the Dutch Republic's founding document, the 1579 Union of Utrecht, which stated that "everyone shall remain free in religion and that no one may be persecuted or investigated because of religion." For early American historians this statement, unique in the world at its time, lies at the root of American pluralism. New Netherland and the Dutch Origins of American Religious Liberty offers a new reading of the way tolerance operated in colonial America. Using sources in several languages and looking at laws and ideas as well as their enforcement and resistance, Evan Haefeli shows that, although tolerance as a general principle was respected in the colony, there was a pronounced struggle against it in practice. Crucial to the fate of New Netherland were the changing religious and political dynamics within the English empire. In the end, Haefeli argues, the most crucial factor in laying the groundwork for religious tolerance in colonial America was less what the Dutch did than their loss of the region to the English at a moment when the English were unusually open to religious tolerance. This legacy, often overlooked, turns out to be critical to the history of American religious diversity. By setting Dutch America within its broader imperial context, New Netherland and the Dutch Origins of American Religious Liberty offers a comprehensive and nuanced history of a conflict integral to the histories of the Dutch republic, early America, and religious tolerance.Early American studies.Religious toleranceUnited StatesHistory17th centuryDutchUnited StatesHistory17th centuryNew NetherlandReligionUnited StatesReligion17th centuryUnited StatesChurch historyTo 1775NetherlandsReligion17th centuryAmerican History.American Studies.Religion.Religious Studies.Religious toleranceHistoryDutchHistory323.44/2097309032Haefeli Evan1969-1437021MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812307503321New Netherland and the Dutch origins of American religious liberty4113033UNINA