Histories of Heresy in the 17th and 18th Centuries
Histories of Heresy in the 17th and 18th Centuries
ISBN: 9780312294045
出版社: Palgrave Macmillan
出版年: 2002-6
页数: 304
定价: $ 129.95
装帧: HRD
内容简介
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 that one branch of historiography has had in bringing about such tolerance as we have: histories of heresy. This volume brings together experts in this field 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. The essays in this book attempt to piece together the intentions and effects of key works from this literature in the promotion or rejection of toleration in theory and practice.