"Toleration: A Very Short Introduction" was written by Andrew R. Murphy published in 2025. It is part of the "Very Short Introductions" series from Oxford University Press

This book explores the complex history and future of toleration. It delves into the concept's emergence from early modern debates over religion, highlighting its evolution as a political practice that grants legal and political acceptance to groups despite disapproval of their beliefs or practices .The book examines pre-modern and non-Western examples of toleration, including Cyrus II of Persia, Ashoka, Akbar, and medieval Spain, challenging the notion that it is solely a product of Western liberalism.

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