Many of the subjects dealt with, not
having been touched upon in any previous historical work, have demanded a
first-hand study of records, often difficult to find access to, and even
more difficult to summarize in an interesting and adequate manner.
I wish here to warmly thank all those persons, many in number and too
numerous to give all their names, who have generously aided me with their
letters and manuscripts, and by the loan of books, magazines, pamphlets,
and newspapers. Without their aid the book would have been much less
adequate in its treatment of many subjects than it is at present. Though I
am responsible for the book as it presents itself to the reader, much of
its value is due to those who have thus labored with me in its preparation.
In manuscript and in proof-sheet it has been read by several persons, who
have kindly aided in securing accuracy to names, dates, and historic facts.
G.W.C.
BOSTON, October 1, 1902.
CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION.--ENGLISH SOURCES OF AMERICAN UNITARIANISM
Renaissance
Reformation
Toleration
Arminianism
English Rationalists
II. THE LIBERAL SIDE OF PURITANISM
The Church of Authority and the Church of Freedom
Seventeenth-century Liberals
Growth of Liberty in Church Methods
A Puritan Rationalist
Harvard College
III. THE GROWTH OF DEMOCRACY IN THE CHURCHES
Arminianism
The Growth of Arminianism
Robert Breck
Books Read by Liberal Men
The Great Awakening
Cardinal Beliefs of the Liberals
Publications defining the Liberal Beliefs
Phases of Religious Progress
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