Liberty, Conscience, and Toleration: The Political Thought of William Penn by An

Description: Liberty, Conscience, and Toleration by Andrew R. Murphy Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description In a seventeenth-century English landscape populated with towering political and philosophical figures like Hobbes, Harrington, Cromwell, Milton, and Locke, William Penn remains in many ways a man apart. Yet despite being widely neglected by scholars, he was a sophisticated political thinker who contributed mightily to the theory and practice of religious liberty in the early modern Atlantic world. In this long-awaited intellectual biography of William Penn, Andrew R. Murphy presents a nuanced portrait of this remarkable entrepreneur, philosopher, Quaker, and politician.Liberty, Conscience, and Toleration focuses on the major political episodes that attracted William Penns sustained attention as a political thinker and actor: the controversy over the Second Conventicle Act, the Popish Plot and Exclusion Crisis, the founding and settlement of Pennsylvania, and the contentious reign of James II. Through a careful examination of writings published in the midst of the religious and political conflicts of Restoration and Revolutionary England, Murphy contextualizes the development of Penns thought in England and America, illuminating the mutual interconnections between Penns political thought and his colonizing venture in America.An early advocate of representative institutions and religious freedom, William Penn remains a singular figure in the history of liberty of conscience. His political theorizing provides a window into the increasingly vocal, organized, and philosophically sophisticated tolerationist movement that gained strength over the second half of the seventeenth century. Not only did Penn attempt to articulate principles of religious liberty as a Quaker in England, but he actually governed an American polity and experienced firsthand the complex relationship between political theory and political practice. Murphys insightful analysis shows Penns ongoing significance to the broader study of Anglo-American political and practice, ultimately pointing scholars toward a new way of understanding the enterprise of political theory itself. Author Biography Andrew R. Murphy is Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University. His previous books include Prodigal Nation: Moral Decline and Divine Punishment from New England to 9/11 and Conscience and Community: Revisiting Toleration and Religious Dissent in Early Modern England and America. Details ISBN 0190935898 ISBN-13 9780190935894 Title Liberty, Conscience, and Toleration Author Andrew R. Murphy Format Paperback Year 2018 Pages 320 Publisher Oxford University Press Inc GE_Item_ID:119868261; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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ISBN-13: 9780190935894

Book Title: Liberty, Conscience, and Toleration

Number of Pages: 320 Pages

Publication Name: Liberty, Conscience, and Toleration : the Political Thought of William Penn

Language: English

Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated

Item Height: 0.6 in

Publication Year: 2018

Subject: History & Theory, Social History, General, Political, Modern / General, Political Freedom, Historical

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Item Weight: 16.8 Oz

Subject Area: Religion, Philosophy, Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, History

Item Length: 9.2 in

Author: Andrew R. Murphy

Item Width: 6.1 in

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