The Parallel Lives of the Noble American Religious Thinkers vs. Believers

by William H. Benson

Book Overview

Roger Williams championed liberty of conscience. Cotton Mather promoted acts of kindness and doing good. Roger Williams was born in London but migrated to Boston and then to Salem, Plymouth, and finally to the town he founded, Providence, Rhode Island. Cotton Mather was born in Boston and never strayed from it. Both were trained Puritan ministers, but the young man Roger resigned from the ministry, saying it was "the best callings but (generally)...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1493118404
• ISBN13: 9781493118403
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Xlibris
• Length: 668 Pages
• Weight: 2.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"