Human Sacrifice : Religious Act or Vicious Desire?: Testing the Limits of Tolerance with Vitoria and Las Casas

Tolerance is often considered a modern social development. However, a robust, if distinctly unmodern, concept of tolerance can be found in the work of Thomas Aquinas. The object of tolerance is a perceived evil which is endured for the sake of averting a greater evil. The paper explores how the conc...

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Main Author: Colón-Emeric, Edgardo Antonio 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2017
In: Journal of Early Modern Christianity
Year: 2017, Volume: 4, Issue: 2, Pages: 227-261
RelBib Classification:BR Ancient religions of the Americas
CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
NCA Ethics
Further subjects:B Temperance
B Human Sacrifice
B Natural Law
B Tolerance
B virtue of religion
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