Religious toleration: In the eyes of the beholder?
The period of “convivencia” in medieval Spain is often looked to as, if not a perfect model, at least an example of how different cultural and religious traditions can co-exist. An example, in a word, of how potentially conflicting communities can “tolerate” each other. But what does “toleration” mean? Evan Haefeli, a history professor at Columbia University, argues that though […]