religious toleration
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Religious toleration — is the condition of accepting or permitting others religious beliefs and practices which disagree with one s own.In a country with a state religion, toleration means that the government permits religious practices of other sects besides the state … Wikipedia
Religious Toleration — Religious Toleration † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Religious Toleration Toleration in general signifies patient forbearance in the presence of an evil which one is unable or unwilling to prevent. By religious toleration is understood the… … Catholic encyclopedia
Toleration — and tolerance are terms used in social, cultural and religious contexts to describe attitudes and practices that prohibit discrimination against those practices or group memberships that may be disapproved of by those in the majority. Conversely … Wikipedia
Religious persecution — is the systematic mistreatment of an individual or group of individuals as a response to their religious beliefs of affiliations. The tendency of societies to alienate or repress different subcultures is a recurrent theme in human history.… … Wikipedia
Toleration, History of — • Explores the attitude of the Church towards religious toleration Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 … Catholic encyclopedia
Religious pluralism — This article is about religious pluralism. For other uses of the term, see Pluralism (disambiguation). The cross of the war memorial and a menorah for Hanukkah coexist in Oxford. Religious pluralism is a loosely defined expression concerning… … Wikipedia
toleration — tol|e|ra|tion [ˌtɔləˈreıʃən US ˌta: ] n [U] willingness to allow people to believe what they want without being criticized or punished ▪ religious toleration … Dictionary of contemporary English
toleration — tol|er|a|tion [ ,talə reıʃn ] noun uncount the practice of allowing someone to do something that you do not like or approve of: religious toleration … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
toleration — noun (U) willingness to allow people to believe what they want without being punished: a long history of religious toleration … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
toleration — UK [ˌtɒləˈreɪʃ(ə)n] / US [ˌtɑləˈreɪʃ(ə)n] noun [uncountable] the practice of allowing someone to do something that you do not like or approve of religious toleration … English dictionary
