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Roger Williams

Born

in London, England

December 21, 1603

Died

March 01, 1683

Genre

Theology, Political Science

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Roger Williams (c. 1603 – between January and March 1683) was an English Puritan theologian who was an early proponent of religious freedom and the separation of church and state. He was expelled by the Puritan Leaders because they thought he was spreading "new and dangerous ideas", so in 1636, he began the colony of Providence Plantation, which provided a refuge for religious minorities. Williams was a member of the first Baptist church in America, the First Baptist Church of Providence.

Williams was also a student of Native American languages, an early advocate for fair dealings with Native Americans, and arguably the first abolitionist in North America, having organized the first attempt to prohibit slavery in any of the British American ...more

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	Key into the Language of America (Applewood Books) 3.81 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 1643 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Plea for Religious Liberty 4.33 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Religious Liberty: Selections from the Works of Roger Williams by Roger Williams, James Calvin Davis (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Writings of Roger Williams - Volume 3: Bloudy Tenent of Persecution really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1644 — 83 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The bloody tenent yet more bloody: by Mr Cottons endevour to wash it white in the blood of the lambe : of whose precious blood, spilt in the blood of ... and later wars for conscience sake, that most 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1644 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Writings of Roger Williams 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Writings of Roger Williams - Volume 7 by Roger Williams, Perry Miller it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Writings of Roger Williams (2) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Twelve Points on Religious Freedom 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Writings of Roger Williams (5) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1676 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“...it is infinitely better that the profane and loose be unmasked than to be muffled up under the veil and hood of traditional hypocrisy, which turns and dulls the very edge of all conscience either toward God or man.”
― Roger Williams, The Hireling Ministry None of Christ's, or A Discourse touching the Propagating the Gospel of Christ Jesus.

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“Forced worship stinks in God's nostrils”
― Roger Williams

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“Given eternity in which to work, everyone would eventually stumble into the abyss, just as all matter would eventually be swallowed by black holes.”
― Roger Williams, The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect: a novel of the singularity

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