{"product_id":"a-letter-concerning-toleration-1689-9781554811250","title":"A Letter Concerning Toleration (1689)","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLocke argued that religious belief ought to be compatible with reason, that no king, prince or magistrate rules legitimately without the consent of the people, and that government has no right to impose religious beliefs or styles of worship on the public. Locke’s defense of religious tolerance and freedom of thought was revolutionary in its time. Even today, his letter poses a challenge to religious intolerance, whether state-sponsored or originating from religious dogmatists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on both Locke’s original Latin and the seventeenth-century English translation of William Popple, this edition offers a reader-friendly version that remains loyal to the original text. In addition to a forty-page introduction that situates the \u003cem\u003eLetter\u003c\/em\u003e in its historical and philosophical contexts, this edition includes excerpts from writings on religious toleration by William Penn, Baruch Spinoza, Pierre Bayle, and Samuel von Pufendorf, as well as generous selections from the famous Locke-Proast debates on religious toleration.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“My guess is that this will shortly become the most used edition of Locke’s \u003cem\u003eLetter Concerning Toleration\u003c\/em\u003e. The editor has an excellent introduction in which he describes the social context of the letter and the place it occupies in Locke’s thought. He has done a fine job of bringing up to date the standard translation of Locke’s Latin. And it is very useful to have, as an appendix, a few passages on toleration from Locke’s other writings and some of the criticisms lodged at the time against Locke’s views. All together, this is a fine publication of an important document in the history of religious toleration.” — Nicholas Wolterstorff, Yale University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This edition stands out as a superb pedagogic resource. The edition is especially valuable because it assembles many contributions to the debate on religious toleration by Locke’s contemporaries, including selections from the exchange between Locke and his most forceful critic Jonas Proast. It is very convenient to have these materials collected for the first time in a single volume. The edition will prove indispensable for courses that investigate the intellectual origins of religious toleration in the West.” — Sam Black, Simon Fraser University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eJohn Locke: A Brief Chronology\u003cbr\u003eA Note on the Text\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Letter Concerning Toleration\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix A: Additional Writings on Toleration and Religion by Locke\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eAn Essay Concerning Human Understanding\u003c\/em\u003e (1689)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eThe Reasonableness of Christianity\u003c\/em\u003e (1695)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix B: Locke’s Contemporaries on Religious Toleration\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom William Penn, \u003cem\u003eThe Great Case of Liberty of Conscience Once More Briefly Debated and Defended\u003c\/em\u003e (1670)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Baruch Spinoza, \u003cem\u003eTheological-Political Treatise\u003c\/em\u003e (1670)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Pierre Bayle, \u003cem\u003eA Philosophical Commentary on These Words of the Gospel, Luke 14:23, “Compel them to come in, that my house may be full\u003c\/em\u003e” (1686)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Samuel von Pufendorf, \u003cem\u003eOf the Nature and Qualification of Religion in Reference to Civil Society\u003c\/em\u003e (1687)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix C: Locke and His Critics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Thomas Long, \u003cem\u003eThe Letter for Toleration Deciphered, and the Absurdity and Impiety of an Absolute Toleration Demonstrated\u003c\/em\u003e (1689)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Jonas Proast, \u003cem\u003eThe Argument of the Letter Concerning Toleration, Briefly Considered and Answered\u003c\/em\u003e (1690)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Philanthropus [John Locke], \u003cem\u003eA Second Letter Concerning Toleration\u003c\/em\u003e (1690)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuggestions for Further Reading\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadview Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041311293783,"sku":"9781554811250","price":13.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781554811250.jpg?v=1750949764","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-letter-concerning-toleration-1689-9781554811250","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}