Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Part 1. Questions about religious toleration. The "what" and "why" of religious toleration: some questions to consider / William Scott Green -- Part 2. Ancient Israel. Tolerance in ancient Israelite monotheism / Baruch A. Levine -- Part 3. The pre-Christian west. Greco-Roman literary expressions of religious "tolerance" / Carolyn Dewald -- Greco-Roman paganism: the political foundations of tolerance in the Greco-Roman period / Robert M. Berchman -- Ritual resources of tolerance in Greco-Roman religion / Kevin Corrigan -- Part 4. Christianity. Tolerance and controversy in classical Christianity: the gospel according to Matthew and Justin Martyr / Bruce Chilton -- Roman Catholic understanding of religious tolerance in modern times: the second Vatican Council (Vatican II) / William Reiser -- The Latter-day Saint doctrine of salvation: religious exclusivity, tolerance, and accommodation / Danny L. Jorgensen.

Part 5. Judaism. Theological foundations of tolerance in classical Judaism / Jacob Neusner -- Tolerance of idols and idol worshipers in early rabbinic law: the case of Mishnah Tractate Avodah Zarah / Alan J. Avery-Peck -- Part 6. Islam. Sources of tolerance and tolerance in Islam: the case of the People of the Book / Ibrahim Kalin -- Theologies of difference and ideologies of intolerance in Islam / Vincent J. Cornell -- Theological foundations of religious tolerance in Islam: A Quŕanic perspective / Ismail Acar -- Part 7. Buddhism and Hinduism. Toward a Buddhist policy of tolerance: the case of King Ashoka / Kristin Scheible -- A policy of intolerance: the case of Sinhala Buddhist nationalism / Bradley S. Clough -- Tolerance and hierarchy: accommodating multiple religious paths in Hinduism / Richard H. Davis.

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