The limits of tolerance : enlightenment values and religious fanaticism
Denis Lacorne traces the emergence of the modern notion of religious tolerance in order to rethink how we should respond to its contemporary tensions. He defends the Enlightenment concept against recent attempts to circumscribe it, arguing that without it a pluralistic society cannot survive.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2019]
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| Summary: | Denis Lacorne traces the emergence of the modern notion of religious tolerance in order to rethink how we should respond to its contemporary tensions. He defends the Enlightenment concept against recent attempts to circumscribe it, arguing that without it a pluralistic society cannot survive. |
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| Item Description: | Translated from the French. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 280 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0231547048 9780231547048 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 27, 2019). |
| Language: | English French |
| Series: | Religion, culture, and public life.
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