{"product_id":"roger-williams-the-church-and-the-state","title":"Roger Williams: The Church and the State","description":"An illuminating portrait of the nation's earliest―and most passionate―advocate for the total separation of church and state. A classic of its kind, Edmund S. Morgan's Roger Williams skillfully depicts the intellectual life of the man who, after his expulsion in 1635 from the Massachusetts Bay Colony, founded what would become Rhode Island. As Morgan re-creates the evolution of Williams's thoughts on the nature of the church and the state, he captures with characteristic economy and precision the institutions that informed Williams's worldview, from the Protestant church in England to the Massachusetts government in the seventeenth century. In doing so, Morgan reveals the origins of a perennial―and heated―American debate, told through the ideas of one of the most brilliant polemicists on the subject, a man whose mind, as Morgan describes, \"drove him to examine accepted ideas and carry them to unacceptable conclusions.\" Forty years after its first publication, Roger Williams remains essential reading for anyone interested in the church, the state, and the right relation of the two.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0393304035\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: PKV.0393304035.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Morgan, Edmund S.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: A well-loved companion. Corners and cover might show a little wear, and you could find some notes or highlights. The dust jacket might be MIA, it might have been a library book and extras aren't guaranteed—but the story's all there!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Aspen Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52385277772063,"sku":"PKV.0393304035.G","price":2.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0894\/0470\/3007\/files\/0393304035-0.jpg?v=1776617687","url":"https:\/\/www.aspenbookco.com\/products\/roger-williams-the-church-and-the-state","provider":"Aspen Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}