William Penn A Life by AndrewR. Murphy Hardcover, 488 Pages, Published 2018 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-023424-9, ISBN: 0-19-023424-5
"On March 4, 1681, King Charles II granted William Penn a charter for a new American colony. Pennsylvania was to be, in its founder's words, a bold "Holy Experiment" in religious freedom and toleration, a haven for those fleeing persecution in an increasingly intolerant England and across Europe. An activist, political theorist, and the proprietor of his own colony, Penn would become a household name in the New World, despite spending ju ..."
Prodigal Nation(Reprint) Moral Decline and Divine Punishment from New England to 9/11: Moral Decline and Divine Punishment from New England to 9/11 by AndrewR. Murphy Paperback, 248 Pages, Published 2011 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-977527-9, ISBN: 0-19-977527-3
""Original and wide-ranging, Murphy's discerning and important study is another reminder that America is 'the nation with the soul of a church.'"-Journal of American History "A wide-ranging and thoughtful meditation on how the theo-political stories we Americans tell ourselves resonate with and sometimes even create the communities we inhabit. This book deserves an honored place among the oeuvre of work by political scientists and histor ..."
Conscience and Community(1st Edition) Revisiting Toleration and Religious Dissent in Early Modern England and America by AndrewR. Murphy Paperback, 360 Pages, Published 2003 by Penn State University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-271-02348-9, ISBN: 0-271-02348-1
"Religious toleration appears near the top of any short list of core liberal democratic values. Theorists from John Locke to John Rawls emphasize important interconnections between the principles of toleration, constitutional government, and the rule of law. "Conscience and Community" revisits the historical emergence of religious liberty in the Anglo-American tradition, looking deeper than the traditional emergence of toleration to find ..."
Liberty, Conscience, and Toleration(1st Edition) The Political Thought of William Penn by AndrewR. Murphy Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2016 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-027119-0, ISBN: 0-19-027119-1
"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 biog ..."
"Profound demographic and cultural changes in American society over the last half century have unsettled conventional understandings of the relationship between religious and political identity. The "Protestant mainline" continues to shrink in numbers, as well as in cultural and political influence. The growing population of American Muslims seek both acceptance and a firmer footing within the nation’s cultural and political imagination. ..."
Liberty, Conscience, and Toleration(Reprint) The Political Thought of William Penn (Paperback) by AndrewR. Murphy Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2018 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-093589-4, ISBN: 0-19-093589-8
Prodigal Nation(1st Edition) Moral Decline and Divine Punishment from New England to 9/11 by AndrewR. Murphy Hardcover, 248 Pages, Published 2008 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-532128-9, ISBN: 0-19-532128-6
""Original and wide-ranging, Murphy's discerning and important study is another reminder that America is 'the nation with the soul of a church.'"-Journal of American History "A wide-ranging and thoughtful meditation on how the theo-political stories we Americans tell ourselves resonate with and sometimes even create the communities we inhabit. This book deserves an honored place among the oeuvre of work by political scientists and histor ..."
"William Penn was an instrumental and controversial figure in the early modern transatlantic world, known both as a leader in the movement for religious toleration in England and as a founder of two American colonies, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. As such, his career was marked by controversy and contention in both England and America. This volume looks at William Penn with fresh eyes, bringing together scholars from a range of discipline ..."
"William Penn was an instrumental and controversial figure in the early modern transatlantic world, known both as a leader in the movement for religious toleration in England and as a founder of two American colonies, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. As such, his career was marked by controversy and contention in both England and America. This volume looks at William Penn with fresh eyes, bringing together scholars from a range of discipline ..."
William Penn(Annotated) Political Writings (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought) by Murphy, AndrewR Trade Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2020 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-108-73950-4, ISBN: 1-108-73950-4
"The timely Blackwell Companion to Religion and Violence brings together an international, interdisciplinary group of scholars who provide a coherent state of the art overview of the complex relationships between religion and violence. This companion tackles one of the most important topics in the field of Religion in the twenty-first century, pulling together a unique collection of cutting-edge work A focused collection of high-quali ..."
"A Concise Companion to Shakespeare and the Text introduces the early editions, editing practices, and publishing history of Shakespeare's plays and poems, and examines their influence on bibliographic studies as a whole. * The first single-volume book to provide an accessible and authoritative introduction to Shakespearean bibliographic studies * Includes a helpful introduction, notes on Shakespeare's texts, and a useful bibliography * ..."
"Profound demographic and cultural changes in American society over the last half century have unsettled conventional understandings of the relationship between religious and political identity. The "Protestant mainline" continues to shrink in numbers, as well as in cultural and political influence. The growing population of American Muslims seek both acceptance and a firmer footing within the nation’s cultural and political imagination. ..."
"New Directions, New Controversies David S. Gutterman, Andrew R. Murphy ...
twentyfirst century American politico-religious landscape. As Laura Olson
showed in this volume's introductory chapter, recent scholarship in the field has
shed much light on the role of Christianity in the nation's public life, past and
present, and on the diverse political roles played by various Christian
denominations. At the same time, however, an exces ..."
"This Declaration added the king's personal wish that all his subjects might
become members of the Catholic Church but reiterated his long-standing view
that conscience must not be forced and that attempts to do so were ineffective
and ... his Declaration of Indulgence (he delivered the Quakers' address himself),
a task that caused some controversy within Quaker circles.30 Although nearly
200 addresses were forthcoming, Mark Knights ..."
"Three hundred and fifty years ago, Roger Williams launched one of the world’s first great experiments in religious toleration. Insisting that religion be separated from civil power, he founded Rhode Island, a colony that welcomed people of many faiths. Though stark forms of intolerance persisted, Williams’ commitments to faith and liberty of conscience came to define the nation and its conception of itself. Through crisp essays that sho ..."
Prodigal Nation Moral Decline and Divine Punishment from New England to 9/11 by AndrewR. Murphy 248 Pages, Published 2011 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-045421-0, ISBN: 0-19-045421-0
"Sinfulness of American Slavery, Proved from Its Evil Sources, Its Injustice, Its
Wrongs, Its Contrariety to Many Scriptural Commands, Prohibitions, and
Principles, and to the Christian Spirit, and from Its Evil Effects, Together With
Observations On Emancipation And The Duties Of American Citizens In Regard
To Slavery. 2 vols. New York, 1850. Elliot, Stephen. “Ezra's Dilemma” (1863). In
Chesebrough, “God Ordained this War.” Elshtai ..."
Conscience and Community Revisiting Toleration and Religious Dissent in Early Modern England and America by AndrewR. Murphy 360 Pages, Published 2001 by Penn State Press ISBN-13: 978-0-271-03176-7, ISBN: 0-271-03176-X
"Letter, 27; Essay Concerning Human Understanding, pt. 2, chap. 21, sec. 48. 23.
For a very different view, see Robert P. Kraynak, “John Locke: From Absolutism to
Toleration,” APSR 74 (1980): 53–69. Kraynak equates liberal toleration with the
skeptical absolutism of Hobbes, claiming that “Locke's argument [in the Letter]
makes a subtle transition from an honest critique of hypocrisy—that even the truth
cannot save without sincere be ..."
Conscience and Community Revisiting Toleration and Religious Dissent in Early Modern England and America by AndrewR. Murphy 360 Pages, Published 2001 by Penn State Press ISBN-13: 978-0-271-07594-5, ISBN: 0-271-07594-5
"New York: Columbia University Press, 1955. Hallowell, Richard P. The Quaker
Invasion of Massachusetts. 4th ed. ... Horton, John. “Toleration.” In The Blackwell
Encyclopedia of Political Thought, ed. David Miller. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1991."