Religious tolerance in world religions /

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Imprint:West Conshohocken, Pa. : Templeton Foundation Press, ©2008.
Description:1 online resource (viii, 396 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11257567
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Other authors / contributors:Neusner, Jacob, 1932-2016.
Chilton, Bruce.
ISBN:9781599472126
1599472120
9781599471365
1599471361
1283260336
9781283260336
9786613260338
6613260339
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
English.
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Summary:Today, and historically, religions often seem to be intolerant, narrow-minded, and zealous. But the record is not so one-sided. In Religious Tolerance in World Religions, numerous scholars offer perspectives on the ""what"" and ""why"" traditions of tolerance in world religions, beginning with the pre-Christian West, Greco-Roman paganism, and ancient Israelite Monotheism and moving into modern religions such as Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism. By tolerance the authors mean ""the capacity to live with religious difference, and by toleration, the theory t.
Other form:Print version: Religious tolerance in world religions. West Conshohocken, Pa. : Templeton Foundation Press, ©2008 9781599471365