‘Church, State and Toleration’

LONDON RENAISSANCE SEMINAR
Convener: Dr Eliane Glaser

Room 101
Birkbeck College, Department of English and Humanities,
30 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DP
Saturday, 29th November 2008
1.30-5.30pm

This seminar will explore connections between the church-state relationship and religious diversity, in the early modern period and today. To what extent are 16th- and 17th-century debates about religious toleration concerned with the structural arrangement of sacred and secular jurisdictions? And how can research on the early modern period shed light on contemporary debates about religious discord and the place of religion within civil society?

Speakers:

Alan Cromartie, University of Reading

Ann Hughes, Keele University

Michael Questier, Queen Mary, University of London

Feisal Mohamed, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

David Feldman, Birkbeck College, London

The London Renaissance Seminar meets regularly to discuss the literature, history and culture of the period 1500-1700. For further information, or to join the e-list, contact t.healy@bbk.ac.uk. For further information about this event please contact elianeglaser@hotmail.com.