A. J. Conyers (1946-2004) was Professor of Theology at the George W. Truett Theological Seminary, Baylor University. His previous books include, The Listening Heart: Vocation and the Crisis of Modern Culture (2001), The Eclipse of Heaven (1999), and The End: What the Gospels Say About the Last Things (1995).

The Long Truce is a book to read and reread. -Donald Livingston, Professor of Philosophy, Emory University

• Preface 1. The Cunning of History2. The Ecumenical Impulse3. A Feeling of Uncertainty4. Thomas Hobbes and the Fears of Modernity5. Pierre Bayle and the Modern Sanctity of the Individual6. John Locke and the Politics of Toleration7. The Triumph of Toleration8. The Shadow Leviathan9. Nihilism and the Catholic Vision10. High ToleranceNotes Index

A. J. Conyers (1946-2004) was Professor of Theology at the George W. Truett Theological Seminary, Baylor University. His previous books include, The Listening Heart: Vocation and the Crisis of Modern Culture (2001), The Eclipse of Heaven (1999), and The End: What the Gospels Say About the Last Things (1995).

The Long Truce is a book to read and reread. -Donald Livingston, Professor of Philosophy, Emory University

• Preface 1. The Cunning of History2. The Ecumenical Impulse3. A Feeling of Uncertainty4. Thomas Hobbes and the Fears of Modernity5. Pierre Bayle and the Modern Sanctity of the Individual6. John Locke and the Politics of Toleration7. The Triumph of Toleration8. The Shadow Leviathan9. Nihilism and the Catholic Vision10. High ToleranceNotes Index

A. J. Conyers (1946-2004) was Professor of Theology at the George W. Truett Theological Seminary, Baylor University. His previous books include, The Listening Heart: Vocation and the Crisis of Modern Culture (2001), The Eclipse of Heaven (1999), and The End: What the Gospels Say About the Last Things (1995).

The Long Truce is a book to read and reread. -Donald Livingston, Professor of Philosophy, Emory University

• Preface 1. The Cunning of History2. The Ecumenical Impulse3. A Feeling of Uncertainty4. Thomas Hobbes and the Fears of Modernity5. Pierre Bayle and the Modern Sanctity of the Individual6. John Locke and the Politics of Toleration7. The Triumph of Toleration8. The Shadow Leviathan9. Nihilism and the Catholic Vision10. High ToleranceNotes Index