… nineteenth century with a policy of pragmatic tolerance toward local spiritual elites and respect for the interests … communities. By the end of the century, attitudes toward particular minority confessions had hardened; the …
… Harvard’s James T. Kloppenberg, discussed his new book Toward Democracy: The Struggle for Self-Rule in European and … The differences between Simon’s work and Kloppenberg’s Toward Democracy were striking. Speaking after Simon, …
… me a few details but would almost always shift the story toward more familiar histories of their communities. These … women about the birth of their first child because this event is seen as the marker of the transition to womanhood in …