Religious Tolerance in the Atlantic World

Early Modern and Contemporary Perspectives
2014. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-02803-7
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 275 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 431 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Glaser, Eliane

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte Regionalgeschichte der USA: Einzelne Staaten, Städte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte: Ereignisse und Themen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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