Toleration on Trial |
|
| Editor:
| Creppell, Ingrid
Macedo, Stephen |
| Contribution by:
| Brown, Nathan J.
Dees, Richard H.
Ferejohn, John
Forst, Rainer
Galeotti, Anna Elisabetta
Gibson, James L.
Hardin, Russell
Kelts, Steven
Klosko, George
Knight, Jack
Kurzman, Charles
Landa, Dimitri
Mehta, Partap B.
Shahin, Emad
Stenner, Karen |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7391-1523-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2008 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
|
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $126.00 |
Book Description:
|
Toleration on Trial offers the only multidisciplinary study available on the issue of toleration, in the context of deep and difficult conflicts over ideological, cultural, and identity issues in today's mobilized political environment. The importance of individual attitudes and institutional/cultural arrangements is explored as a central axis in the meaning of toleration as a principle and practically in relation to demands for toleration of religious expression, gay rights, and the...
More DescriptionToleration on Trial offers the only multidisciplinary study available on the issue of toleration, in the context of deep and difficult conflicts over ideological, cultural, and identity issues in today's mobilized political environment. The importance of individual attitudes and institutional/cultural arrangements is explored as a central axis in the meaning of toleration as a principle and practically in relation to demands for toleration of religious expression, gay rights, and the Islamic sources of toleration.