TY  - BOOK
AU  - Beneke,Chris
AU  - Grenda,Christopher S.
TI  - The First Prejudice: Religious Tolerance and Intolerance in Early America
T2  - Early American Studies
SN  - 9780812204896
AV  - BR517 -- .F55 2011eb 
U1  - 277.3/07 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Philadelphia
PB  - University of Pennsylvania Press
KW  - Religious tolerance-United States
KW  - United States-Church history-17th century
KW  - United States-Church history-18th century
KW  - United States-Religion-To 1800
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART I: Ideologies of Tolerance and Intolerance in Early America -- Chapter 1. Faith, Reason, and Enlightenment: The Cultural Sources of Toleration in Early America -- Chapter 2. Amalek and the Rhetoric of Extermination -- PART II: Practices of Tolerance and Intolerance in Colonial British America -- Chapter 3. The Episcopate, the British Union, and the Failure of Religious Settlement in Colonial British America -- Chapter 4. Practicing Toleration in Dutch New Netherland -- Chapter 5. Heretics, Blasphemers, and Sabbath Breakers: The Prosecution of Religious Crime in Early America -- Chapter 6. Persecuting Quakers? Liberty and Toleration in Early Pennsylvania -- PART III: The Boundaries of Tolerance and Intolerance in Early America -- Chapter 7. Native Freedom? Indians and Religious Tolerance in Early America -- Chapter 8. Slaves to Intolerance: African American Christianity and Religious Freedom in Early America -- Chapter 9. Catholics, Protestants, and the Clash of Civilizations in Early America -- Chapter 10. Anti-Semitism, Toleration, and Appreciation: The Changing Relations of Jews and Gentiles in Early America -- PART IV: The Persistence of Tolerance and Intolerance in the New Nation -- Chapter 11. The ''Catholic Spirit Prevailing in Our Country'': America's Moderate Religious Revolution -- Chapter 12. The Boundaries of Toleration and Tolerance: Religious Infidelity in the Early American Republic -- Notes -- List of Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z
N2  - Leading religious historians connect changes in law and rhetoric to daily cooperation and conflict in early America. These essays examine such topics as Native American spiritual life, the biblical sources of tolerance and intolerance, contemporary philosophies of religious liberty, and the resilience of African American faiths
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