Toleration: A Very Short Introduction

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Andrew R. Murphy is Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan . He is the author of Liberty, Conscience, and Toleration: The Political Thought of William Penn and William Penn: A Life.

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Toleration: A Very Short Introduction concisely canvasses the history, development, and contemporary global status of toleration as both a concept and a contested political and legal practice. Although its modern origins lie in the realm of religious dissent, toleration remains one of our most contentious and broad-ranging concepts, invoked in today's debates about race, gender, religion, sexuality, cultural identity, free speech, and civil liberties.

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• Chapter 1: Introducing Toleration

• Chapter 2: Antecedents and Alternatives: Toleration Before and Beyond the Reformation

• Chaoter 3: Establishing Toleration: Reformation and Early Modern Foundations

• Chapter 4: Beyond Toleration? Enlightenment Extensions, Expansions, and Implications

• Chapter 5: Extensions and Controversies: Colonial and Imperial Complications

• Chapter 6: Contesting and Defending Toleration in the 20th and 21st Centuries

• Chapter 7: The Future of Toleration?

• Further Reading

• Index