Chris Beneke is Assistant Professor of History at Bentley College in Waltham, MA. He received his bachelor's degree from Cornell University and his Ph.D. from Northwestern University.

In this well-written book, Chris Beneke argues that American colonials, even before the American revolution, had moved beyond the legal toleration of religious dissenters to create a pluralist culture that made the category of religious dissenter irrelevant. Several centuries later Americans still wrestle with the meaning of cultural pluralism, but Beneke correctly insists that men and women of ardent faith first made the concept central to the concept of liberty.

Chris Beneke is Assistant Professor of History at Bentley College in Waltham, MA. He received his bachelor's degree from Cornell University and his Ph.D. from Northwestern University.

In this well-written book, Chris Beneke argues that American colonials, even before the American revolution, had moved beyond the legal toleration of religious dissenters to create a pluralist culture that made the category of religious dissenter irrelevant. Several centuries later Americans still wrestle with the meaning of cultural pluralism, but Beneke correctly insists that men and women of ardent faith first made the concept central to the concept of liberty.

Chris Beneke is Assistant Professor of History at Bentley College in Waltham, MA. He received his bachelor's degree from Cornell University and his Ph.D. from Northwestern University.

In this well-written book, Chris Beneke argues that American colonials, even before the American revolution, had moved beyond the legal toleration of religious dissenters to create a pluralist culture that made the category of religious dissenter irrelevant. Several centuries later Americans still wrestle with the meaning of cultural pluralism, but Beneke correctly insists that men and women of ardent faith first made the concept central to the concept of liberty.