Rhode Island: A Resident Hears Dissent in Roger Williams’ State
By Thomas A. Lewis | July 19, 2012 From Religion and Politics: Fit for Polite Company Conflicts over religion and politics are alive and well in Roger Williams’ state. Yet … Continue reading
“The Spectacle of Toleration” Call for Conference Papers
From the Newport Historical Society It is much in their hearts (if they may be permitted), to hold forth a livelie experiment, that a most flourishing civill state may stand … Continue reading
Roger Williams, Champion of Religious Liberty
Providence 375 Essay Series by Stanley Lemons, Emeritus Professor of History, Rhode Island College and Church Historian for the First Baptist Church in America The greatest contribution that the United … Continue reading
The Forgotten Patriot
By James Wermuth Boston Globe April 28, 2011 As Rhode Island prepares to celebrate the 350th anniversary of an extraordinary American document, its author remains all but forgotten. In the … Continue reading
Big Ideas in a Small State: Roger Williams and the 375th Anniversary of the Founding of Providence, Rhode Island
Linford D. Fisher Wednesday, May 23, 2012 Religion in American History: A Group Blog on American Religious History and Culture Well, you missed it. But you’re not alone. I’m … Continue reading
America’s True History of Religious Tolerance
The idea that the United States has always been a bastion of religious freedom is reassuring — and utterly at odds with the historical record By Kenneth C. Davis Smithsonian … Continue reading
God, Government and Roger Williams’ Big Idea
Banished from Massachusetts, the Puritan minister originated a principle that remains contentious to this day — separation of church and state By John M. Barry Illustrations by Edward Kinsella III … Continue reading
NY Times Sunday Book Review: “Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul”
By JOYCE E. CHAPLIN Published: December 30, 2011 Should you find yourself in front of the Rhode Island Statehouse in Providence, look up and east, and tip your hat — … Continue reading
U.S. Department of State: International Religious Freedom Report for 2011
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor International Religious Freedom Report for 2011, from the Executive Summary (Full Executive Summary here) Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, … Continue reading
Rhode Island Colonial Charter: 1663-2013 