The Political Writings of William Penn

Acknowledgments

Penn i-xxviii.indd 9 1/17/12 8:55 AM ACKNOWLEDGMENTS In preparing this edition of Penn's political writings, I have relied heavily on the expertise and advice of an array of colleagues. Chief among these are a number of friends in the Core Humanities Program at Villanova University, where I began work on this volume: I was fortunate to have close by a gifted group of interdisciplinary scholars who exemplified all the virtues of collegiality . Let me especially thank Kevin Hughes, Maura Lafferty, Kim Paffenroth , and Sheryl Forste-Grupp: from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, these four aided me in tracking down a number of Penn's often-elusive references . The project was completed under the auspices ofa senior fellowship at the Martin Marty Center ofthe University ofChicago Divinity School; I thank former Dean Clark Gilpin and current Dean Rick Rosengarten for facilitating my work at the Center. Johann Sommerville of the University of WisconsinMadison and Cary Nederman of Texas A & M University also generously shared their considerable expertise. Beth Angell helped with the introduction and assisted in too many ways to mention. Peter and Sam were themselves, a gift easy to acknowledge but impossible to repay. Penn i-xxviii.indd 10 1/17/12 8:55 AM ...