For tolerance to be stable in a plural society, people need good reasons to adopt tolerant attitudes and practice tolerance. In her paper, L. Steinebach will offer a perspective on the commandment to love one's neighbor as a religious motivation for tolerance. She will focus on the way in which the commandment promotes equality-recognition between different groups by encouraging an empathetic attitude and corresponding behavior towards one's (disapproved) neighbor. Special emphasis shall be given to the affective, cognitive and behavioral dimensions of both tolerance (as depicted in the disapproval-respect-model) as well as neighborly love to find commonalities and differences.