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Histories of Heresy in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
John Christian . Ed(S): Laursen
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Hardback. Exploring the influence of histories of heresy on early modern and modern conceptions of the toleration of differing religious ideas, this volume pieces together the intentions and effects of key works from this literature in the promotion or rejection of toleration in theory and practice. Editor(s): Laursen, John Christian. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; 3JF; HRAF; HRAM7; HRCC2; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
Toleration of differing religious ideas exists in parts of the contemporary world, but it is still not clear how this came about. Recent work has uncovered the enormous importance one branch of historiography has had in bringing about such tolerance as we have: histories of heresy. This book brings together experts in this field in order to attempt to map out the contours and features of the influence of these histories on early modern and modern conceptions of toleration. Perhaps by showing heretics and heresies to be more benign than once thought, these histories could tease tolerance from the intolerant. ... Read more
Toleration of differing religious ideas exists in parts of the contemporary world, but it is still not clear how this came about. Recent work has uncovered the enormous importance one branch of historiography has had in bringing about such tolerance as we have: histories of heresy. This book brings together experts in this field in order to attempt to map out the contours and features of the influence of these histories on early modern and modern conceptions of toleration. Perhaps by showing heretics and heresies to be more benign than once thought, these histories could tease tolerance from the intolerant. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
301
Condition
New
Number of Pages
290
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312294045
SKU
V9780312294045
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About John Christian . Ed(S): Laursen
JOHN CHRISTIAN LAURSEN is Professor of Political Science at the University of California at Riverside. He is the author of The Politics of Skepticism in the Ancients, Montaigne, Hume, and Kant, editor of New Essays on the Political Thought of the Hugenots, and editor of Religious Toleration: "The Variety of Rites" from Cyrus to Defoe.
Reviews for Histories of Heresy in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
"...fourteen stimulating essays...of interest to scholars and graduate students working in early modern intellectual history." - Andrew C. Thompson, History: Reviews of New Books