Religious Tolerance in the Atlantic World : Early Modern and Contemporary Perspectives.
Glaser, Eliane.
Religious Tolerance in the Atlantic World : Early Modern and Contemporary Perspectives. - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (1 online resource (ix, 275 pages))
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction; Eliane Glaser -- 1. Scripture and Toleration between Reformation and Enlightenment; John Coffey -- 2. Some Forms of Religious Liberty: Political Thinking, Ecclesiology and Religious Freedom in Early Modern England; Justin Champion -- 3. Moral Logics of Enmity: Indians and English in Early America; Ingrid Creppell -- 4. Law and Civil Interest: William Penn's Tolerationism; Andrew R. Murphy and Sarah A. Morgan Smith -- 5. John Milton and Religious Tolerance: The Origins and Contradictions of the Western Tradition; Nicholas McDowell -- 6. Conformity, Loyalty and the Jesuit Mission to England of 1580; James E. Kelly -- 7. Commonwealth, Chosenness, and Toleration: Reconsidering the Jews' Readmission to England and the Idea of an Elect Nation; Achsah Guibbory -- 8. Present at the Creation: Diaspora, Hybridity and the Place of Jews in the History of English Toleration; Jacob Selwood -- 9. Tolerating 'Mahomet': Or, Thinking About Then, Now; Matthew Dimmock -- 10. A Feminism of Convenience: Roger Williams, Egyptian Salafists, and Liberty of Conscience for Women; Feisal G. Mohamed.
What does it mean to be tolerant? Does tolerance entail open-mindedness or grudging forbearance? How is it possible to accommodate those who are themselves intolerant, or who profess loyalty to an alien set of laws? And how can tolerance be reconciled with both religious truth and secularity? This collection of essays by ten leading scholars of history, English literature and political science addresses these questions in the context of both early modern and contemporary England and America. Placing highly topical debates in vital historical perspective, the essays explore issues of difference and diversity, inclusion and exclusion, and faith and the state in relation to a variety of Christian groups, Jews and Muslims. They examine how far concepts of religious liberty have really evolved from that foundational era, how to distinguish between a comparative historical and a teleological approach to the history of tolerance, and how enduring problems of religious disharmony can be illuminated by early modern comparisons and contrasts.
9781137028044 9781349439881
Religious tolerance--Atlantic Ocean Region.
Toleration--Religious aspects.
Religious tolerance--History.--Atlantic Ocean Region
Electronic Books.
BL640 / .R455 2014
Religious Tolerance in the Atlantic World : Early Modern and Contemporary Perspectives. - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (1 online resource (ix, 275 pages))
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction; Eliane Glaser -- 1. Scripture and Toleration between Reformation and Enlightenment; John Coffey -- 2. Some Forms of Religious Liberty: Political Thinking, Ecclesiology and Religious Freedom in Early Modern England; Justin Champion -- 3. Moral Logics of Enmity: Indians and English in Early America; Ingrid Creppell -- 4. Law and Civil Interest: William Penn's Tolerationism; Andrew R. Murphy and Sarah A. Morgan Smith -- 5. John Milton and Religious Tolerance: The Origins and Contradictions of the Western Tradition; Nicholas McDowell -- 6. Conformity, Loyalty and the Jesuit Mission to England of 1580; James E. Kelly -- 7. Commonwealth, Chosenness, and Toleration: Reconsidering the Jews' Readmission to England and the Idea of an Elect Nation; Achsah Guibbory -- 8. Present at the Creation: Diaspora, Hybridity and the Place of Jews in the History of English Toleration; Jacob Selwood -- 9. Tolerating 'Mahomet': Or, Thinking About Then, Now; Matthew Dimmock -- 10. A Feminism of Convenience: Roger Williams, Egyptian Salafists, and Liberty of Conscience for Women; Feisal G. Mohamed.
What does it mean to be tolerant? Does tolerance entail open-mindedness or grudging forbearance? How is it possible to accommodate those who are themselves intolerant, or who profess loyalty to an alien set of laws? And how can tolerance be reconciled with both religious truth and secularity? This collection of essays by ten leading scholars of history, English literature and political science addresses these questions in the context of both early modern and contemporary England and America. Placing highly topical debates in vital historical perspective, the essays explore issues of difference and diversity, inclusion and exclusion, and faith and the state in relation to a variety of Christian groups, Jews and Muslims. They examine how far concepts of religious liberty have really evolved from that foundational era, how to distinguish between a comparative historical and a teleological approach to the history of tolerance, and how enduring problems of religious disharmony can be illuminated by early modern comparisons and contrasts.
9781137028044 9781349439881
Religious tolerance--Atlantic Ocean Region.
Toleration--Religious aspects.
Religious tolerance--History.--Atlantic Ocean Region
Electronic Books.
BL640 / .R455 2014