The Williamsburg Charter: A Guideline for Democratic and Civil Debate About Religion

Early in the seventeenth century, under pressure to conform to the Established Church, an evangelical English pastor fled with his congregation to Leyden, Holland. Pastor John Robinson was the only forebear of mine who, to my knowledge, was a minister. Eventually, he would remain in Holland while ot...

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Main Author: Dugan, Robert P. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 1990
In: Journal of law and religion
Year: 1990, Volume: 8, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 217-220
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