Divided by Faith

出版者:Belknap Press

作者:Benjamin J. Kaplan

页数:432

出版时间:2010-3-30

价格:USD 23.00

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780674034730

图书标签:历史文艺复兴宗教学术外语

As religious violence flares around the world, we are confronted with an acute dilemma: can people coexist in peace when their basic beliefs are irreconcilable? Benjamin Kaplan responds by taking us back to early modern Europe, when the issue of religious toleration was no less pressing than it is today. "Divided by Faith" begins in the wake of the Protestant Reformation, when the unity of western Christendom was shattered, and takes us on a panoramic tour of Europe's religious landscape - and its deep fault lines - over the next three centuries. Kaplan's grand canvas reveals the patterns of conflict and toleration among Christians, Jews, and Muslims across the continent, from the British Isles to Poland. It lays bare the complex realities of day-to-day interactions and calls into question the received wisdom that toleration underwent an evolutionary rise as Europe grew more 'enlightened'. We are given vivid examples of the improvised arrangements that made peaceful coexistence possible, and shown how common folk contributed to toleration as significantly as did intellectuals and rulers. Bloodshed was prevented not by the high ideals of tolerance and individual rights upheld today, but by the pragmatism, charity, and social ties that continued to bind people divided by faith. "Divided by Faith" is both history from the bottom up and a much-needed challenge to our belief in the triumph of reason over faith. 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.

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看了第一部分，有一些观点经常重复。作者整体的意图是破除启蒙运动宽容神话，把注意力集中到不同教派和平相处的实践上来。观点比较前沿吧（是吗，反正我觉得很多人仍然信奉人性神话？），看你怎么看了。

看了第一部分，有一些观点经常重复。作者整体的意图是破除启蒙运动宽容神话，把注意力集中到不同教派和平相处的实践上来。观点比较前沿吧（是吗，反正我觉得很多人仍然信奉人性神话？），看你怎么看了。

看了第一部分，有一些观点经常重复。作者整体的意图是破除启蒙运动宽容神话，把注意力集中到不同教派和平相处的实践上来。观点比较前沿吧（是吗，反正我觉得很多人仍然信奉人性神话？），看你怎么看了。

看了第一部分，有一些观点经常重复。作者整体的意图是破除启蒙运动宽容神话，把注意力集中到不同教派和平相处的实践上来。观点比较前沿吧（是吗，反正我觉得很多人仍然信奉人性神话？），看你怎么看了。

看了第一部分，有一些观点经常重复。作者整体的意图是破除启蒙运动宽容神话，把注意力集中到不同教派和平相处的实践上来。观点比较前沿吧（是吗，反正我觉得很多人仍然信奉人性神话？），看你怎么看了。