The United States has long been defined by its religious diversity and recurrent public debates over the religious and political values that define it. In Accid

This book examines the practice of toleration and the experience of religious diversity in the early modern world. Recent scholarship has shown the myriad ways

By focusing on law, this book offers new insights into the history of religious liberty in colonial America.

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"Evan Haefeli argues that America's professed religious tolerance arose out of necessity, since no standard could prevail on its polyglot immigrants. More impor