Conscience and Community

by Murphy, Andrew R.

• ISBN13: 9780271021058
• ISBN10: 0271021055
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-07-01
• Publisher: Pennsylvania State Univ Pr

Summary

Religious toleration appears near the top of any short list of core liberal democratic values. Theorists from John Locke to John Rawls emphasize important interconnections between the principles of toleration, constitutional government, and the rule of law."

Author Biography

Andrew R. Murphy is a Senior Fellow at the Martin Marty Center, Divinity School, University of Chicago.

Table of Contents

Bibliographic Abbreviations Used Throughout This Book	vii
Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xix
``A Theological Scare-Crow'' or ``The Inward Persuasion of the Mind''? Conscience and Toleration in Historical, Philosophical, and Political Perspective	1	(26)
Part I: Revisiting Early Modern Toleration and Religious Dissent
Massachusetts Bay: Puritanism and the Politics of Religious Dissent	27	(48)
The English Civil War, Commonwealth, and Protectorate: Unintentional, Unintended Toleration	75	(48)
The Glorious Revolution: The 1640s All Over Again?	123	(42)
Prosecution or Persecution? Quakers, Toleration, and Schism in Early Pennsylvania	165	(44)
Revisiting Early Modern Toleration and Religious Dissent	209	(38)
Part II: Toleration Across Time: Contemporary Issues in Theory and Practice
Toleration and Political Liberalism: John Rawls's Shrinking Liberty of Conscience	247	(24)
The Politics of Conscience and the Politics of Identity: The Limits and Promise of Liberal Toleration	271	(24)
Bibliography	295	(34)
Index	329