Citizenship and Conscience : A Study in the Theory and Practice of Religious Toleration in England During the Eighteenth Century

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas. Preface Contents I. Toleration and the Rights of Conscience II. The First Attempts at Repeal III. The Quiet Years, 1740–1760 IV. Anti-Subscription and the Revival of Dissenting Activity V. The Appeal to Candour VI. The Appeal to Human Rights VII. The Principles of Pitt Triumphant Bibliography Acknowledgments Index