Sometimes We Should Repeat History

The Oxford University Press blog has an interesting article on Roger Williams & Church-State Separation. Williams was the seventeenth century founder of Maryland. He had been ousted from Massachusetts by the Puritans because he advocated religious freedom. They, by contrast, advocated theocracy.
Author Edwin S. Gaustad makes the point that American is experiencing a similar conflict today and argues for the wisdom of Williiams' position.

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