Divided by Faith

Informationen zum Autor Benjamin J. Kaplan is Professor of Dutch History! University College London and the University of Amsterdam. Klappentext Can people coexist in peace when their basic beliefs are irreconcilable? Kaplan responds by taking us back to early modern Europe! when the issue of religious toleration was no less pressing than it is today. This compelling story reveals that toleration has taken many guises in the past and suggests that it may well do the same in the future. Zusammenfassung Can people coexist in peace when their basic beliefs are irreconcilable? Kaplan responds by taking us back to early modern Europe! when the issue of religious toleration was no less pressing than it is today. This compelling story reveals that toleration has taken many guises in the past and suggests that it may well do the same in the future. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Maps and Illustrations Introduction I. Obstacles 1. A Holy Zeal Christian piety in the confessional age 2. Corpus Christianum The community as religious body 3. Flashpoints The events that triggered violence 4. One Faith! One Law! One King How religion and politics intersected II. Arrangements 5. The Gold Coin Ecumenical experiments 6. Crossing Borders Traveling to attend services 7. Fictions of Privacy House chapels 8. Sharing Churches! Sharing Power Official pluralism III. Interactions 9. A Friend to the Person Individual and group relations 10. Transgressions Conversion and intermarriage 11. Infidels Muslims and Jews in Christian Europe IV. Changes 12. Enlightenment? The "rise of toleration" reconsidered Notes Further Reading Acknowledgments Index

Autorentext

Benjamin J. Kaplan is Professor of Dutch History, University College London and the University of Amsterdam.

Klappentext

Can people coexist in peace when their basic beliefs are irreconcilable? Kaplan responds by taking us back to early modern Europe, when the issue of religious toleration was no less pressing than it is today. This compelling story reveals that toleration has taken many guises in the past and suggests that it may well do the same in the future.

Inhalt

List of Maps and Illustrations Introduction I. Obstacles 1. A Holy Zeal Christian piety in the confessional age 2. Corpus Christianum The community as religious body 3. Flashpoints The events that triggered violence 4. One Faith, One Law, One King How religion and politics intersected II. Arrangements 5. The Gold Coin Ecumenical experiments 6. Crossing Borders Traveling to attend services 7. Fictions of Privacy House chapels 8. Sharing Churches, Sharing Power Official pluralism III. Interactions 9. A Friend to the Person Individual and group relations 10. Transgressions Conversion and intermarriage 11. Infidels Muslims and Jews in Christian Europe IV. Changes 12. Enlightenment? The "rise of toleration" reconsidered Notes Further Reading Acknowledgments Index