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An examination of the history of toleration includes its practice across various cultures. Toleration has evolved into a guiding principle, finding contemporary relevance in politics, society, religion, and ethnicity. It also applies to minority groups, including LGBT individuals. It is closely linked to concepts like human rights.
Treatise on Tolerance is a book written by Voltaire, following the trial of Jean Calas (1698-1762), a French Protestant merchant accused of murdering his son Marc-Antoine to prevent his supposed conversion to the Catholic Church.
Miami natives and lifelong friends Ruth Gordon and Billie Bernstein were talking at a local farmer’s market when a book idea began. Their discussion was about fruits and vegetables that grow in ...
The Maryland Toleration Act, also known as the Act Concerning Religion, was the first law in North America requiring religious tolerance for Christians. It was passed on April 21, 1649, by the assembly of the Maryland colony, in St. Mary's City in St. Mary's County, Maryland. It created one of the pioneer statutes passed by the legislative body ...
In 1783, Emperor Joseph II, the son of Maria Theresa, allowed Jews to settle in Pest, while enacting a tolerance tax, which the Jews had to pay to the town. [4]After 1789, the Jews paid a tolerance tax of 4 florins per family, a tax on kosher meat, a marriage tax, a tax on the synagogues and cemeteries of 100 florins per year, and a quota tax of 50 florins per year.
Tolerance was held to be an 'endangered virtue' in many parts of the world, particularly those who were under racial and religious wars, such as those in Bosnia and Rwanda. UNESCO said that five key planks were required to overcome intolerance: law , education , access to information , individual awareness and local solutions .
Articles related to toleration, the practice of allowing or permitting an action, idea, object, or person which one dislikes or disagrees with. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
The Toleration Act 1688 [1] [a] (1 Will. & Mar. c. 18), also referred to as the Act of Toleration or the Toleration Act 1689, [3] was an Act of the Parliament of England.Passed in the aftermath of the Glorious Revolution, it received royal assent on 24 May 1689.