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In the name of God : the role of religion in the modern world, a history of Judeo-Christian and Islamic tolerance

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text In the name of God : the role of religion in the modern world, a history of Judeo-Christian and Islamic tolerance

O'Grady, Selina

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Summary
In this groundbreaking book, Selina O'Grady examines how and why the post-Christian and the Islamic worlds came to be as tolerant or intolerant as they are. She asks whether tolerance can be expected to heal today's festering wound between these t... Read more
Contents
Introduction -- 1. The Birth of Persecution: The Roman Empire Turns Christian -- 2. Muhammad's Edict of Toleration -- 3. The Price of Toleration: The Dhimmi in the Islamic Empire -- 4. Islam's Inquisition -- 5. The Problems of Assimilation: Willin... Read more
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xvi, 462 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Publisher
Pegasus Books 2020
MARC Permalink

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 201.7 O'GR in Adult Non-fiction Available

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