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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
Italiano
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Republics protected by God
  • Images of the civil religion
  • Republican and monarchical religion
  • A religion that instills virtue
  • Sacred laws and sacred republics
  • Republican religion and religious reform
  • A religion to live free
  • Within the soul
  • The twilight of republican religion
  • Without God
  • After the revolution
  • The new alliance
  • Literature and hymns of the religion of liberty
  • Apostles and martyrs
  • Masters
  • Regrets and the quest for new faiths
  • Two clashing religions
  • In the name of Christ
  • Inner liberty
  • The religion of liberty
  • A religion that instills hope
  • The religion of duty
  • As if God existed
  • Only a god can expel a god
  • Leaving life
  • Twilight.