Freeman, Curtis W. Undomesticated Dissent: Democracy and the Public Virtue of Religious Nonconformity. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2017. xviii+269 pp. $29.95 (cloth).

2020 ◽  
Vol 100 (3) ◽  
pp. 406-408
Author(s):  
Andrew Bradstock
Keyword(s):  
The Public ◽  
Baylor University ◽  
Religious Nonconformity

Religious Nonconformity and the Quality of Mercy

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ethan H. Shagan
Keyword(s):  
Public Good ◽  
Church Of England ◽  
Moral Dilemmas ◽  
Merchant Of Venice ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Ideal ◽  
Religious Nonconformity

This chapter explores the relationship between religious arguments for and against the mitigation of legal penalties for religious nonconformity, and the arguments in Shakespeare’sMerchant of Venicefor and against the moderation of legal rigour. It argues that Elizabethan legal debates overepieikeiaor equity were heavily inflected with the debate over conscientious nonconformity. Shakespeare’s play restages these debates, not only in the courtroom scene but in a variety of moral dilemmas or cases of conscience, repeatedly supporting the ideal of individual conscience against the claims of Church of England conformists such as Richard Hooker that law can only be mitigated when it serves the public good.

Traces of the Mount Carmel Community: Documentation and Access

2009 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-113
Author(s):  
Matthew D. Wittmer
Keyword(s):  
General Information ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
State University ◽  
The Public ◽  
Baylor University ◽  
San Marcos ◽  
David Koresh

This article highlights some of the Waco Branch Davidian material holdings acquired by the Texas Collection at Baylor University and provides general information about the kinds of materials that have been acquired about this community and the siege and fire that occurred in 1993. I cite related materials in other collections to provide an overview of the kinds of records that are accessible, restricted, or inaccessible to the public regarding the David Koresh community and previous generations of religious communities who resided on the Mount Carmel property. To date, the collections at Baylor University and Texas State University––San Marcos are two of the most comprehensive efforts to preserve and provide access to a range of documentation about this community's history.

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