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Radicals in Their Own Time

Radicals in Their Own Time

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General United States HistorySocial Movements

ISBN10: 0521187036
ISBN13: 9780521187039
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Nov 22 2010
Pages: 408
Weight: 1.22
Height: 0.73 Width: 6.14 Depth: 8.94
Language: English
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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