Toleration, Liberty, and Truth: A Parable

• Published in: The Harvard theological review Vol. 95; no. 4; pp. 353 - 372
• Main Author: Mittleman, Alan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.10.2002; Faculty of Divinity, Harvard University
• Subjects: Christianity; Civil religion; Freedom of religion; Friendship; Human rights; Islam; Judaism; Liberalism; Morality; Parables; Political aspects; Politics; Religious aspects; Religious freedom; Religious tolerance; Theology; Truth

In August of 1790, the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, Rhode Island, received George Washington's justly famous letter on religious liberty. Responding to the Jews' congratulations on his presidency, Washington offered a concise but stirring enunciation of the novelty of American liberty:...