Religious Tolerance in the Atlantic World: Early Modern and Contemporary Perspectives - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1137028033 ISBN 13: 9781137028037

Verlag: AIAA, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

PLACING TOPICAL DEBATES IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, THE ESSAYS BY LEADING SCHOLARS OF HISTORY, LITERATURE AND POLITICAL SCIENCE EXPLORE ISSUES OF DIFFERENCE AND DIVERSITY, INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION, AND FAITH IN RELATION TO A VARIETY OF CHRISTIAN GROUPS, JEWS AND MUSLIMS IN THE CONTEXT OF BOTH EARLY MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ENGLAND AND AMERICA.

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Reseña del editor

What does it mean to be tolerant? Does tolerance entail open-mindedness or grudging forbearance? How is it possible to accommodate those who appear themselves to be intolerant, or who profess loyalty to an alien set of laws? And how can tolerance be reconciled with both religious 'truth' and secularity? These essays, by leading scholars of history, English literature and political science, address such questions in the context of both early modern England and America and contemporary Britain and the US. Placing highly topical debates in vital historical perspective, the essays explore issues of difference and diversity, inclusion and exclusion, and the relationship between faith and the state, with reference to a variety of Christian groups, Jews and Muslims. They examine how far concepts of religious liberty have really evolved from that foundational era; the relative merits
of comparative historical and teleological approaches to the history of tolerance; and how enduring problems of religious disharmony can be illuminated by comparisons and contrasts with the early modern period.

Biografía del autor

Justin Champion, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK John Coffey, University of Leicester, UK Ingrid Creppell, The George Washington University, USA Andrew R. Murphy, Rutgers University, USA Sarah A. Morgan Smith, Rutgers University, USA Nicholas McDowell, University of Exeter, UK James Kelly, Queen Mary, University of London, UK Achsah Guibbory, Columbia University, USA Jacob Selwood, Georgia State University, USA Matthew Dimmock, University of Sussex, UK Feisal G. Mohamed, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: AIAA
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1137028033
• ISBN 13: 9781137028037
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 286
• Herausgeber: Glaser Eliane