Religious Tolerance in the Atlantic World

Justin Champion, Royal Holloway, University of London, UKJohn Coffey, University of Leicester, UK Ingrid Creppell, The George Washington University, USA Andrew R. Murphy, Rutgers University, USASarah A. Morgan Smith, Rutgers University, USA Nicholas McDowell, University of Exeter, UKJames Kelly, Queen Mary, University of London, UKAchsah Guibbory, Columbia University, USA Jacob Selwood, Georgia State University, USAMatthew Dimmock, University of Sussex, UK Feisal G. Mohamed, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Placing topical debates in historical perspective, the essays by leading scholars of history, literature and political science explore issues of difference and diversity, inclusion and exclusion, and faith in relation to a variety of Christian groups, Jews and Muslims in the context of both early modern and contemporary England and America.

Contributions from leading scholars including Diarnaid MacCulloch, Justin Champion, John Coffey and Michael Questier

Introduction; Eliane Glaser 1. Scripture and Toleration between Reformation and Enlightenment; John Coffey 2. Some Forms of Religious Liberty: Political Thinking, Ecclesiology and Religious Freedom in Early Modern England; Justin Champion 3. Moral Logics of Enmity: Indians and English in Early America; Ingrid Creppell 4. Law and Civil Interest: William Penn's Tolerationism; Andrew R. Murphy and Sarah A. Morgan Smith 5. John Milton and Religious Tolerance: The Origins and Contradictions of the Western Tradition; Nicholas McDowell 6. Conformity, Loyalty and the Jesuit Mission to England of 1580; James E. Kelly 7. Commonwealth, Chosenness, and Toleration: Reconsidering the Jews' Readmission to England and the Idea of an Elect Nation; Achsah Guibbory 8. Present at the Creation: Diaspora, Hybridity and the Place of Jews in the History of English Toleration; Jacob Selwood 9. Tolerating 'Mahomet': Or, Thinking About Then, Now; Matthew Dimmock 10. A Feminism of Convenience: Roger Williams, Egyptian Salafists, and Liberty of Conscience for Women; Feisal G. Mohamed