Title: Religious tolerance in the Atlantic world : early modern and contemporary perspectives /
Authors: Glaser, Eliane, 1973-
Year: 2014
Subjects: Religious tolerance Great Britain History.; Religious tolerance United States History.; Religiöse Toleranz; Atlantischer Raum
Abstract: Placing topical debates in historical perspective, this collection of 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.
Contents: Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- Religious Tolerance in the Atlantic World: Early Modern and Contemporary Perspectives / 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 -- Select Bibliography -- Index.