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"In this book, readers will learn what tolerance is, how and why to show it, how to use mindfulness to better practice tolerance, and how to encourage it in others. Social and emotional learning (SEL) concepts support growth mindset throughout, while Grow with Goals and Mindfulness Exercise activities further reinforce the content. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text engage young readers as they learn more about showing tolerance. Also includes sidebars, a table of contents, glossary, index, and tips for educators and caregivers"--

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1. The concept of religious tolerance -- 2. The concept of religious prejudice -- 3. Tolerance without relativism -- 4. Religious pluralism -- 5. Proselytizing and intolerance -- 6. Exclusivism and universalism -- 7. Religious tolerance and the state -- 8. The intolerant personality -- 9. Education for tolerance -- Notes -- Index

Today, and historically, religions often seem to be intolerant, narrow-minded, and zealous. But the record is not so one-sided. In Religious Tolerance in World Religions, numerous scholars offer perspectives on the "what" and "why" traditions of tolerance in world religions, beginning with the pre-Christian West, Greco-Roman paganism, and ancient Israelite Monotheism and moving into modern religions such as Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism. By tolerance the authors mean "the capacity to live with religious difference, and by toleration, the theory