The Slave Power Conspiracy and the Paranoid Style

The material in this book represents in large part lectures delivered at the invitation of the faculty and trustees of the Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia, on the James Sprunt foundation. For publication, these lectures were revised and in some cases amplified. Contents: The Peak of Catholic Persecution: Thomas of Torquemada; The Peak of Protestant Intolerance: John Calvin; The Victim of Protestant Persecution: Michael Servetus; The Remonstrator: Sebastien Castellio; The Heretic as Hypnocrite: David Joris; The Heretic as Exile: Bernadino Ochino; The Bard of Speech Unbound: John Milton; The Seeker: Roger Williams; Apologist for the Act of Toleration: John Locke.