Religious toleration : "the variety of rites" from Cyrus to Defoe / edited by John Christian Laursen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Laursen, John Christian.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religious tolerance--History.

Religious tolerance.

History.

Physical Description:

xx, 252 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1999.

Summary:

This book brings to light a substantial portion of religious history by reviving the heritage of toleration, and it is the first to juxtapose early theories and practices of toleration in a global comparative perspective.

Contents:

1. Orientation: Clarifying the Conceptual Issues / John Christian Laursen 1

2. Cyrus II and the Political Utility of Religious Toleration / Cyrus Masroori 13

3. Toleration, Accommodation, and the East-West Dialogue / Zhang Longxi 37

4. Natio and the "Variety of Rites": Foundations of Religious Toleration in Nicholas of Cusa / Cary J. Nederman 59

5. National Prejudice and Religion in the Toleration Debate between Bartolome de Las Casas and Juan Gines de Sepulveda / Gerardo Lopez Saster 75

6. The Spanish Struggle for Justification in the Conquest of America: Tolerance and Intolerance in Early Writings on Spanish America / Kevin Terraciano 93

7. The Toleration of Muslims in Renaissance England: Practice and Theory / Nabil Matar 127

8. "Woe unto you that laugh now!": Humor and Toleration in Overton and Shaftesbury / Sammy Basu 147

9. Bayle and Leibniz: Two Paradigms of Tolerance and Some Reflections on Goodness without God / Sally L. Jenkinson 173

10. From Denominationalism to Enlightenment: Pufendorf, Le Clerc, and Thomasius on Toleration / Simone Zurbuchen 191

11. Daniel Defoe: Dissent, Economics, and Toleration / Daniel Bruhlmeier 211

Annotated Bibliography of Religious Peace, Concord, and Toleration Literature: 1500-1700 / John Christian Laursen, Cyrus Masroori 229.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-245) and index.

ISBN:

0312222335

OCLC:

40820893