Protestant Pluralism: The Reception of the Toleration Act, 1689-1720

by Ralph Stevens

The 1689 Toleration Act marked a profound shift in the English religious landscape. By permitting the public worship of Protestant Dissenters, the statute laid the foundations for legal religious pluralism, albeit limited, and ensured that eighteenth-century English society would be multi-denominational. However, the Act was rushed, incomplete and on many issues fundamentally ambiguous. It therefore threw up numerous practical difficulties for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783273291
• ISBN13: 9781783273294
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"