TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wolfson,Adam
TI  - Persecution or toleration: an explication of the Locke-Proast quarrel, 1689-1704 
SN  - 9780739147245
AV  - BR1610 
U1  - 261.7/209032 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Lanham, Md.
PB  - Lexington Books
KW  - Locke, John,
KW  - Proast, Jonas.
KW  - Proast, Jonas
KW  - Religious tolerance
KW  - History
KW  - 17th century
KW  - Toleration
KW  - Tolérance religieuse
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 17e siècle
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Christianity
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-108) and index; Locke and his interpreters -- Authority and consent -- Force and belief -- Faith and knowledge -- Toleration or pluralism
N2  - This book traces, in detail, the complex contours of the Locke-Proast debate over the question of toleration-revealing the radical case John Locke made on behalf of toleration. Arguing against the pro-persecution arguments of Jonas Proast, Locke developed a broadly humanistic case for toleration rooted in liberal notions of consent, human dependency, and skepticism. Locke's theory would extend to a wide range of religious believers and even atheists. However, at the same time, according to Locke, toleration requires an overcoming of the religious worldview, rather than an emergence out of theo
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