How the idea of religious toleration came to the West
Takes readers to a time when both the Catholic Church and the main new Protestant denominations embraced a policy of endorsing religious persecution, coercing unity, and, with the state's help, mercilessly crushing dissent and heresy. This work shows how out of the same traditions came the begi...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton Oxford
Princeton University Press
2004
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| In: | Year: 2004 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Zagorin, Perez, How the Idea of Religious Toleration Came to the West] (2006) (Voogt, Gerrit)
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| Edition: | third printing, and first paperback printing |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Religious tolerance
/ History
B Christianity |
| Further subjects: | B
Religious freedom
B Protestanism B religious disputes B Modern Era B Tolerance B Modern age B Castellio,Sebastian B Locke,John B Religious Tolerance Christianity History B Protestantism B Religious Freedom B Glaubensstreitigkeiten B Bayle,Pierre |
| Summary: | Takes readers to a time when both the Catholic Church and the main new Protestant denominations embraced a policy of endorsing religious persecution, coercing unity, and, with the state's help, mercilessly crushing dissent and heresy. This work shows how out of the same traditions came the beginnings of pluralism in the West. |
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| ISBN: | 0691121427 |