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Radicals in their Own Time
Michael Anthony Lawrence
其他書名
Four Hundred Years of Struggle for Liberty and Equal Justice in America
出版Cambridge University Press, 2010-11-22
主題History / United States / GeneralLaw / InternationalPolitical Science / General
ISBN11394940749781139494076
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=thHUIbmvvhkC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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.