Title The Intolerance of Tolerance
Author Carson, D.A
Binding Hardback
Edition 1st
Pages 186
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, MI
Publication date 2012
Bookseller's Inventory # 733687
ISBN 9780802831705 / 0802831702
Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.72 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.83 cm)
Category Religion - Theology
Library of Congress subjects Christianity and other religions, Religious tolerance - Christianity
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2011027511
Dewey Decimal Code 261.72

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Tolerance currently occupies a very high place in Western societies: it is considered gauche, even boorish, to question it. In The Intolerance of Tolerance, however, questioning tolerance -- or, at least, contemporary understandings of tolerance -- is exactly what D. A . Carson does.

Carson traces the subtle but enormous shift in the way we have come to understand tolerance over recent years -- from defending the rights of those who hold different beliefs to affirming all beliefs as equally valid and correct. He looks back at the history of this shift and discusses its implications for culture today, especially its bearing on democracy, discussions about good and evil, and Christian truth claims.

Using real-life examples that will sometimes arouse laughter and sometimes make the blood boil, Carson argues not only that the "new tolerance" is socially dangerous and intellectually debilitating but also that it actually leads to genuine intolerance of all who struggle to hold fast to their beliefs.

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