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1 online resource |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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. |
| Summary |
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 emancipation and the defense of political liberty have always required the self-sacrifice of people with religious sentiments and a religious devotion to liberty. This is particularly the case when liberty is threatened by authoritarianism: the staunchest defenders of liberty are those who feel a de. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Liberty -- History.
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Liberty. |
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History. |
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Religion and politics -- Italy -- History.
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Religion and politics. |
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Italy. |
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Religion and state -- Italy -- History.
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Religion and state. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books -- History.
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| Added Title |
Come se Dio ci fosse. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2012029425
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| Other Form: |
Print version 9786613852410 (DLC) 2012015124 |
| ISBN |
1400845513 (electronic book) |
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9781400845514 (electronic book) |
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0691142351 |
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9780691142357 |
| Standard No. |
9786613852410 |
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