本书为英文版。它讲述了宗教史上的对立与融合、迫害与反迫害，历来是个复杂而敏感的问题。房龙以他犀利的眼光，从不同宗教派别的冲突中去寻找背后的深层根源。最终他看到：历史上的宗教改革家假以“宗教改革”的名义，对一切不利于自己发展的思想创新进行残酷迫害，这种精神上的不宽容导致的恰是他们的“敌人”犯下的那些错误。借助于房龙的“宽容”之眼，我们不难对宗教史乃至一切精神文化现象的发展有一个清晰的轮廓。
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目录
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER Ⅰ.THE TYRANNY OF IGNORANCECHAPTER
CHAPTER Ⅱ.THE GREEKSCHAPTER
CHAPTER Ⅲ.THE BEGINNING OF RESTRAINTCHAPTER
CHAPTER Ⅳ.THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODSCHAPTER
CHAPTER Ⅴ.IMPRISONMENTCHAPTER
CHAPTER Ⅵ.THE PURE OF LIFECHAPTER
CHAPTER Ⅶ.THE INQUISITIONCHAPTER
CHAPTER Ⅷ.THE CURIOUS ONESCHAPTER
CHAPTER Ⅸ.THE WAR UPON THE PRINTED WORDCHAPTER
CHAPTER Ⅹ.CONCERNING THE WRITING OF HISTORY IN GENERAL AND THIS BOOK IN PARTICULARCHAPTER
CHAPTER Ⅺ.RENAISSANCECHAPTER
CHAPTER Ⅻ.THE REFORMATIONCHAPTER
CHAPTER XⅢ.ERASMUSCHAPTER
CHAPTER XⅣ.RABELAISCHAPTER
CHAPTER XⅤ.NEW SIGNBOARDS FOR OLDCHAPTER
CHAPTER XⅥ.THE ANABAPTISTSCHAPTER
CHAPTER XⅦ.THE SOZZINI FAMILYCHAPTER
CHAPTER XⅧ.MONTAIGNECHAPTER
CHAPTER XⅨ.ARMINIUSCHAPTER
CHAPTER XⅩ.BRUNOCHAPTER
CHAPTER XⅪ.SPINOZACHAPTER
CHAPTER XⅫ.THE NEW ZIONCHAPTER
CHAPTER XXⅢ.THE SUN KINGCHAPTER
CHAPTER XXⅣ.FREDERICK THE GREATCHAPTER
CHAPTER XXⅤ.VOLTAIRECHAPTER
CHAPTER XXⅥ.THE ENCYCLOPEDIACHAPTER
CHAPTER XXⅦ.THE INTOLERANCE OF REVOLUTIONCHAPTER
CHAPTER XXⅧ.LESSINGCHAPTER
CHAPTER XXⅨ.TOM PAINECHAPTER
CHAPTER XXⅩ.THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS