Beyond the Persecuting SocietyThere is a mytheasily shatteredthat Western societies since the Enlightenment have been dedicated to the ideal of protecting the differences between individuals and groups, and anothertoo readily acceptedthat before the rise of secularism in the modern period, intolerance and persecution held sway throughout Europe. In Beyond the Persecuting Society John Christian Laursen, Cary J. Nederman, and nine other scholars dismantle this second generalization.