Can’t We Just Get Along? The “knave, cheater, and…French dog”—Jersey Folk in 17th-Century New England

An excerpt from Professor Carrington’s remarks can be seen here: http://youtu.be/bVG1u-xg-NE.  One of the leitmotifs of last fall’s Spectacle of Toleration Conference could have been the late Rodney King’s famous question, “Can’t we just get along?” Why is simple toleration...
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Shari‘a, the Rule of Law, and the Other

A video of Professor Emon’s remarks at the conference can  be seen here: http://goo.gl/Tb9GOX Two of the more challenging presentations at last fall’s Spectacle of Toleration conference focused our attention on the MENA region (Middle East/North Africa) and demanded that we...
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Who May Pray Here? Judaic Intolerance in a Public Space

Professor Jacobs’ presentation can be seen here: http://goo.gl/oH2sGu. At the Spectacle of Toleration conference last fall, two challenging presentations addressed the MENA region (Middle East/North Africa). One of these, Anver M. Emon’s “Shari‘a and the Rule of Law,” will...
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Reflections on Brian Leiter’s Keynote Address

Professor Leiter’s remarks can be viewed by clicking HERE.  Brian Leiter’s keynote speech, Toleration: Its Nature and Moral Justification, presented at last fall’s Spectacle of Toleration Conference, was meant to be provocative. It succeeded. Leiter, the Karl N. Llewellyn...
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