Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. PART I. Ideologies of Tolerance and Intolerance in Early America
5. Chapter 1. Faith, Reason, and Enlightenment. The Cultural Sources of Toleration in Early America 23
6. Chapter 2. Amalek and the Rhetoric of Extermination 53
7. PART II. Practices of Tolerance and Intolerance in Colonial British America
8. Chapter 3. The Episcopate, the British Union, and the Failure of Religious Settlement in Colonial British America 75
9. Chapter 4. Practicing Toleration in Dutch New Netherland 98
10. Chapter 5. Heretics, Blasphemers, and Sabbath Breakers 123
11. Chapter 6. Persecuting Quakers? 143
12. PART III. The Boundaries of Tolerance and Intolerance in Early America
13. Chapter 7. Native Freedom? 169
14. Chapter 8. Slaves to Intolerance 195
15. Chapter 9. Catholics, Protestants, and the Clash of Civilizations in Early America 218
16. Chapter 10. Anti-Semitism, Toleration, and Appreciation 241
17. PART IV. The Persistence of Tolerance and Intolerance in the New Nation
18. Chapter 11. The ‘‘Catholic Spirit Prevailing in Our Country’’ 265
19. Chapter 12. The Boundaries of Toleration and Tolerance 286
20. Notes 303
21. Index 389