Description
Book SynopsisEvan Haefeli demonstrates how convoluted and uncertain were the beginnings of religious tolerance in America, by giving them an international context.
Trade Review"
New Netherland and the Dutch Origins of American Religious Liberty does nothing less than expand and transform our understanding of religious diversity and toleration in colonial Dutch North America. It will become required reading for anyone seriously interested in the early history of the mid-Atlantic colonies, the genesis of religious pluralism in America, or the history of religious toleration in the Dutch world." *
Reviews in History *
"Through an examination of the too-often neglected Dutch colony of New Netherland that places its subject firmly in the Atlantic context, Evan Haefeli makes vital contributions both to colonial American history and to American religious history writ large." * Francis Bremer, author of
John Winthrop: America's Forgotten Founding Father *
"Evan Haefeli has written an original and quite provocative study of the alleged Dutch origins of religious toleration as a truly American value. The book eschews oversimplified revaluation and presents a nuanced picture of the colony's religious history. Of particular value is the author's familiarity with the literature in Dutch, quite rare even among American historians of New Netherland." * Willem Frijhoff, VU University Amsterdam *
Table of ContentsPreface
Note on Translations, Transcriptions, and Dates
Introduction
Chapter 1. Dutch Tolerance
Chapter 2. Connivance
Chapter 3. Toleration
Chapter 4. Non-Christians
Chapter 5. Babel
Chapter 6. Liberty of Conscience
Chapter 7. Public Church
Chapter 8. Borders
Chapter 9. Radicalism
Chapter 10. Conquest
Conclusion
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
