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

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.

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.