2. “Silver Alarums”: Roger Williams’s Mere Civility

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Citations and Abbreviations ix
4. Introduction: Wars of Words 1
5. 1. “Persecution of the Tongue”: Toleration and the Rise of Religious Insult 20
6. 2. “Silver Alarums”: Roger Williams’s Mere Civility 50
7. 3. “If It Be without Contention”: Hobbes and Civil Silence 82
8. 4. “A Bond of Mutual Charity”: Locke and the Quest for Concord 112
9. Conclusion: The Virtue of Mere Civility 144
10. Epilogue: Free Speech Fundamentalism 167
11. Notes 177
12. References 243
13. Acknowledgments 265
14. Index 267