Divided by Faith : : Religious Conflict and the Practice of Toleration in Early Modern Europe / / Benjamin J. Kaplan.

Can people coexist in peace when their basic beliefs are irreconcilable? Kaplan responds by taking us back to early modern Europe, when the issue of religious toleration was no less pressing than it is today. Divided by Faith is both history from the bottom up and a much-needed challenge to our beli...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]
©2010
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (432 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
List of Maps and Illustrations --
Introduction --
I. OBSTACLES --
ONE. A Holy Zeal --
TWO. Corpus Christianum --
THREE. Flashpoints --
FOUR. One Faith, One Law, One King --
II. ARRANGEMENTS --
FIVE. The Gold Coin --
SIX. Crossing Borders --
SEVEN. Fictions of Privacy --
EIGHT. Sharing Churches, Sharing Power --
III. INTERACTIONS --
NINE. A Friend to the Person --
TEN. Transgressions --
ELEVEN. Infidels --
IV. CHANGES --
TWELVE. Enlightenment? --
Notes --
Further Reading --
Acknowledgments --
Index
Summary:Can people coexist in peace when their basic beliefs are irreconcilable? Kaplan responds by taking us back to early modern Europe, when the issue of religious toleration was no less pressing than it is today. Divided by Faith is both history from the bottom up and a much-needed challenge to our belief in the triumph of reason over faith. This compelling story reveals that toleration has taken many guises in the past and suggests that it may well do the same in the future.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780674039308
9783110756067
9783110442205
DOI:10.4159/9780674039308
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Benjamin J. Kaplan.