On Religious Liberty: Selections from the Works of Roger Williams (The John Harvard Library) Paperback – January 1, 2008

Roger Williams had a brilliant mind and wrote in a high literary style of his time that is difficult today. Further, to understand his writings, knowledge of the context on his personal background is necessary, which is debatable on many facts. This book can serve as a very good beginning point to reading and understanding Williams. The historical introduction sets out the basics. The great volume of Williams' writings are reduced to something manageable and set in a format for easier understanding of the literary style. One can understand the essence of Williams from this book, without too great an investment of time, and then, go on to mastering his work from direct sources more easily.

Well written with lots of great information but in a manageable size. This volume provides valuable insight into this important period of our history.

Perhaps this book would be useful to the scholar but it is useless to me. If you are already familiar with the writings of Roger Williams it may be useful.