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Radicals in their own time : four hundred years of struggle for liberty and equal justice in America / / Michael Anthony Lawrence [[electronic resource]]



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Autore: Lawrence Michael Anthony <1959-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Radicals in their own time : four hundred years of struggle for liberty and equal justice in America / / Michael Anthony Lawrence [[electronic resource]] Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 396 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Disciplina: 973.09/9
Soggetto topico: Civil rights - United States - History
Civil rights workers - United States
Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Roger 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
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ISBN: 1-139-13993-2
1-107-21425-4
1-283-31515-7
1-139-13917-7
9786613315151
0-511-92161-6
1-139-14495-2
1-139-14075-2
1-139-13762-X
1-139-14163-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910781971603321
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