The Christian Faith and Religious Tolerance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3841679 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wilhelm Pauck (University of Chicago, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1946 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 220-234 |
| Publication date | 1946-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Church History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-6407 • E-ISSN: 1755-2613 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3160274 |
| OpenAlex | W2046688192 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
One of the greatest achievements of the democratic state is the establishment of religious tolerance or the freedom of religion. This fact confronts the church with an opportunity that it has not yet fully realized. It still has to perform important tasks in connection with religious liberty. This is due mainly to the fact that it was by political and not by ecclesiastical action that the practice of tolerance was secured. To be sure, the fathers of American democracy were influenced by Christian ideas and movements when they provided for the freedom of religion, but these represented radical minorities within Christendom and not the larger churches. Indeed, the major impetus toward tolerance came as a reaction against the practice of persecution of religious minorities by majorities and it was inspired by a view of religion that was critical of the traditional religious and social reasons for intolerance
Action (physics) · Democracy · Environmental ethics · Faith · Persecution · Political science · Politics · Religious freedom · Religious persecution · Sociology · State (computer science) · Theology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 1963 - 2025 (63) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |