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As If God Existed : Religion and Liberty in the History of Italy /

Religion and liberty are often thought to be mutual enemies: if religion has a natural ally, it is authoritarianism--not republicanism or democracy. But in this book, Maurizio Viroli, a leading historian of republican political thought, challenges this conventional wisdom. He argues that political e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Viroli, Maurizio (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2012]
Edición:Core Textbook
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface to the English Edition
  • Introduction
  • Part I. A Republican Christianity
  • 1. Republics Protected by God
  • 2. Images of the Civil Religion
  • 3. Republican and Monarchical Religion
  • 4. A Religion That Instills Virtue
  • 5. Sacred Laws and Sacred Republics
  • 6. Republican Religion and Religious Reform
  • 7. A Religion to Live Free
  • 8. Within the Soul
  • 9. The Twilight of Republican Religion
  • Part II. Religious Rebirth and National Emancipation
  • 10. Without God
  • 11. After the Revolution
  • 12. The New Alliance
  • 13. Literature and Hymns of the Religion of Liberty
  • 14. Apostles and Martyrs
  • 15. Masters
  • 16. Regrets and the Quest for New Faiths
  • Part III. They Got Too Close to the Light
  • 17. Two Clashing Religions
  • 18. In the Name of Christ
  • 19. Inner Liberty
  • 20. The Religion of Liberty
  • 21. A Religion That Instills Hope
  • 22. The Religion of Duty
  • 23. As If God Existed
  • 24. Only a God Can Expel a God
  • 25. Leaving Life
  • 26. Twilight
  • Notes
  • Index