Protectors of Pluralism - Religious Minorities Rescue of Jews in Low Countries During

Sheds new light on the relationship between tolerance and religion, concluding that local religious minorities are most likely to protect pluralism.

List of contents

1. Introduction; Part I. Theory and Context: 2. Theory; 3. Religious minorities in the Low Countries: from the Reformation: to the Holocaust; Part II. Religious Minorities in the Netherlands: 4. Minority empathy 1900-1942; 5. Religious minorities and evasion in the Netherlands; 6. Religious minorities and clandestine collective action in Twente; 7. Religious minorities and rescue beyond Twente; Part III. Exceptions and Scope Conditions: 8. Off-the-line cases; 9. Christian rescue in Belgium; 10. Conclusion: minority protection across time and space; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Robert Braun is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses on civil society and intergroup relationships in times of social upheaval. He has been published in several esteemed journals, including the American Journal of Sociology and the American Political Science Review, and has received over twenty scholarly awards.

Summary

This book sheds new light on the relationship between religion and tolerance by investigating the Christian protection of Jews during the Holocaust. It will appeal to those interested in religion, political violence, collective action, mixed methods, altruism, racism, tolerance, the Holocaust, and genocide.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Braun, Robert (Northwestern University Braun, Robert (University of California Braun, Braun Robert
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2019
• EAN: 9781108471022
• ISBN: 978-1-108-47102-2
• No. of pages: 316
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Contentio; Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics; Cambridge Studies in Contentio
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Belgium, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Netherlands, Religion & politics, Jewish Studies, The Holocaust, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Religion and Politics, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Relating to Christian people and groups, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Political oppression & persecution, Political oppression and persecution, Social groups: religious groups and communities