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04932aam a2200397 i 4500 001 5D5D91C48B8A11E6A6C758ADDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20161006010101 008 151229s2016 nyu b 001 0deng 010 $a 2015037021 020 $a 0190271191 (hardback) 020 $a 9780190271190 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)933274092 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d BDX $d OCLCF $d WVU $d ZCU $d INU $d COO $d OCLCO $d TEU $d PUL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-pa $a n-us-pa 050 00 $a F152.2 M87 2016 100 1 $a Murphy, Andrew R., $d 1967- $e author. 245 10 $a Liberty, Conscience, and Toleration : $b The Political Thought of William Penn / $c Andrew R. Murphy. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Oxford University Press, $c [2016] 300 $a xiii, 301 pages ; $c 25 cm 520 $a "In a seventeenth-century English landscape populated with towering political and philosophical figures - Hobbes, Harrington, Cromwell, Milton, Locke - William Penn (1644-1718) remains a man apart, a figure whom many know a little, but few know well. In Liberty, Conscience, and Toleration, Andrew Murphy shows that, despite widespread scholarly neglected, William Penn was a sophisticated political thinker who contributed in decisive ways to the theory and practice of religious liberty in the early modern Atlantic world. The book elucidates the various political conflicts in which Penn participated, and the ways in which they facilitated the development of his political ideas over a forty-old-year political career. Murphy's picture of Penn's political thinking unfolds over the course of five engaging chapters, which focus on the main political episodes that occasioned his sustained attention as a political thinker and actor: the controversy over the Second Conventicle Act (1668-1670); the Popish Plot and Exclusion Crisis (1678-1681); the founding and settlement of Pennsylvania (1681-1684); and the contentious reign of James II (1685-1688). The book contextualizes the development of Penn's thought in England and America through analysis of his published writings in the midst of the religio-political conflicts of Restoration and Revolutionary England, illuminating the mutual interconnections between Penn's political thought and his colonizing venture in America. William Penn played a crucial role in the contentious emergence of religious liberty and remains a singular figure in the history of liberty of conscience. Penn's remarkable political theorizing provides a window into the increasingly vocal, organized, and philosophically sophisticated tolerationist movement that gained strength over the second half of the seventeenth century. Not only did Penn attempt to articulate principles of religious liberty as a Quaker in England, but he actually governed an American polity and experienced firsthand the complex relationship between political theory and political practice. Murphy's analysis highlights Penn's ongoing significance to the broader study of Anglo-American political theory and practice and the history of political thought. The examination of Penn's political thought ultimately points scholars toward a new way of understanding the history of political thought and the enterprise of political theory itself: what it is, where and how it is produced, and how it relates to political practice"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "William Penn played a crucial role in the emergence of religious liberty and remains a singular, if often overlooked, figure in the history of liberty of conscience. Penn's political thought provides a window into the tolerationist movement that gained strength over the second half of the seventeenth century. In addition, Penn experienced firsthand the complex relationship between political theory and practice as proprietor of a major American colony. A careful examination of Penn's political thought points scholars toward a new way of understanding the enterprise of political theory itself"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-289) and index. 505 0 $a William Penn in England and America: an approach to political thought in context -- Emergence: 1668-1671 -- Debut: the peoples ancient and just liberties -- Plot: parliament, popery, and liberty, 1678-1681 -- Founding: theory meets practice? -- Revolution: William Penn and James II, 1685-1688 -- Return: The 1690s -- Legacy?. 600 10 $a Penn, William, $d 1644-1718 $x Philosophy. 650 0 $a Political science $x Philosophy. 650 0 $a Freedom of religion $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Religious tolerance $x History. $x History. 650 0 $a Liberty $x History. 650 0 $a Religion and state. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191210015729.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20161103022735.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5D5D91C48B8A11E6A6C758ADDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search