Tolerance and Intolerance in Religion and Beyond

Anne Sarah Matviyets, Giuseppe Veltri, Jörg Rüpke (eds.)
Tolerance and Intolerance in Religion and Beyond
Challenges from the Past and in the Present
print: ISBN 9780367519353 // E-Book: ISBN 9781003082484
New York; Routledge, 2023
202 pages
£130.00 // £38.99

The publication "Tolerance and Intolerance in Religion and Beyond – Challenges from the Past and in the Present", edited by Anne Sarah Matviyets (Chief Curator at the Berend Lehmann Museum Halberstadt), Giuseppe Veltri (Director of the Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies and Director of the Academy of World Religions in Hamburg) and Jörg Rüpke (Deputy Director of the Max-Weber-Kolleg at the University of Erfurt), deals with religious tolerance and intolerance in relation to practices, institutions and habits of thought.

The editors have published a valuable reference work that brings together a range of historical and anthropological studies as well as philosophical, cognitive and psychological research by established scholars from various disciplines.

The contributions present both modern and historical examples of religious tolerance and intolerance in a variety of regions, societies and religious traditions, helping the reader to understand the concept of tolerance and the historical consequences of intolerance from the perspective of different cultures, religions and philosophies. The volume emphasizes that tolerance can be a means of building bridges and defining boundaries at the same time. In doing so, the publication offers a broad view and takes into account the perspectives of minorities.

Jörg Rüpke:

With this publication, we want to make a contribution to enlighten people about a highly topical social issue that concerns many people in view of religious conflicts in many regions of the world."