The first prejudice [electronic resource] : religious tolerance and intolerance in early America / edited by Chris Beneke and Christopher S. Grenda.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. I. Ideologies of tolerance and intolerance in early America. Faith, reason, and enlightenment: the cultural sources of toleration in early America / Christopher S. Grenda -- Amalek and the rhetoric of extermination / John Corrigan -- pt. II. Practices of tolerance and intolerance in Colonial British America. The episcopate, the British union, and the failure of religious settlement in colonial British America / Ned Landsman -- Practicing toleration in Dutch New Netherland / Joyce D. Goodfriend -- Heretics, blasphemers, and Sabbath breakers: the prosecution of religious crime in early America / Susan Juster -- Persecuting Quakers?: liberty and toleration in early Pennsylvania / Andrew R. Murphy --

pt. III. The boundaries of tolerance and intolerance in early America. Native freedom?: Indians and religious tolerance in early America / Richard W. Pointer -- Slaves to intolerance: African American Christianity and religious freedom in early America / Jon Sensbach -- Catholics, Protestants, and the clash of civilizations in early America / Owen Stanwood -- Anti-Semitism, toleration, and appreciation : the changing relations of Jews and Gentiles in early America / William Pencak -- pt. IV. The persistence of tolerance and intolerance in the new nation. The "catholic spirit prevailing in our country": America's moderate religious revolution / Chris Benek -- The boundaries of toleration and tolerance: religious infidelity in the early American republic / Christopher Grasso.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.