Historian Edwin Gaustad dies at 87
SANTA FE, N.M. (ABP) -- Prolific author, influential historian and
lifelong Baptist Edwin Gaustad died Friday, March 25, in Santa Fe, N.M.
He was 87.
Gaustad, professor emeritus of history and religious studies at the
University of California-Riverside, was one of America's leading experts
on America's colonial period, particularly in areas of religious
liberty, pluralism and dissent.
His books include A Religious History of America, Dissent in
American Religion, Baptist Piety: Last Will and Testament of Obadiah
Holmes, Faith of the Founders and Liberty of Conscience: Roger Williams in America.
