| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
From Toleration to Liberty: Religious Freedom as Concept and Constitutional Right -- Religious Wandering in French Romantic Culture -- Prodigal Sons and Daughters? Jewish Converts and Catholic Proselytism -- Family, Nation, and Freedom: Ivan Gagarin, the Swetchine Circle, and the Orthodox Road to Rome -- God and Liberty? Lamennais, Catholicism, and Freedom of Conscience -- Mysticism, Despair, and Progress: George Sand's Pursuit of Religious Liberty -- Philology and Freedom: Ernest Renan's Struggle with Catholicism |
| Summary |
Religious liberty is usually examined within a larger discussion of church-state relations, but Thomas Kselman looks at several individuals in Restoration France whose high-profile conversions fascinated their contemporaries. Exploring their reasons and the repercussions they faced, Kselman demonstrates how this expanded sense of liberty informs our secular age. --! From back cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Vendor-supplied metadata |
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Catholic Church -- France -- History -- 19th century
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Catholic Church -- History -- 19th century.
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| SUBJECT |
Catholic Church fast |
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Liberty -- Religious aspects.
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Freedom of religion -- France -- 19th century
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- France.
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Liberty -- Religious aspects
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Freedom of religion
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France -- Religious life and customs
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France
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780300235647 |
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030023564X |
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0300226136 |
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9780300226133 |
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