Early liberal revivalists deliberately excluded nonliberals to preserve doctrinal coherence

Evidence

Such shared lines of inquiry, Rougier thought, would be strengthened by contributions from liberals committed to varying degrees of intervention, but would need to exclude nonliberals in order to “avoid falling into incoherence.” — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, 194

Categorization

• XREF: Prefigures the boundary-drawing debates that would later wrack the Mont Pèlerin Society over who counted as a genuine liberal. — connects to: Liberal tolerance of religion extends only to religions accepting liberal discursive assumptions — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular:…, 893; Enlightenment founders excluded atheists from the tolerance they championed — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 233; Early Buddhism excluded cripples, women, and debtors and reinforced existing hierarchies

Broader Connections

• Liberal tolerance of religion extends only to religions accepting liberal discursive assumptions #expands (0.85) — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular, 893
• Enlightenment founders excluded atheists from the tolerance they championed #exemplifies (0.82) — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 233
• Early Buddhism excluded cripples, women, and debtors and reinforced existing hierarchies #exemplifies (0.75)