Persecution & toleration : the long road to religious freedom /

Persecution & toleration : the long road to religious freedom /

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Author / Creator:Johnson, Noel D., author.
Imprint:Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
©2019
Description:xiv, 354 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Cambridge studies in economics, choice, and society
Cambridge studies in economics, choice, and society.
Subject:
Religion and state.
Freedom of religion.
Religious tolerance.
Freedom of religion.
Religion and state.
Religious tolerance.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12774539
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Varying Form of Title:Persecution and toleration
Other authors / contributors:Koyama, Mark, 1982- author.
ISBN:9781108425025
110842502X
9781108441162
1108441165
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-350) and index.
Summary:"Religious freedom has become an emblematic value in the West. Embedded in constitutions and championed by politicians and thinkers across the political spectrum, it is to many an absolute value, something beyond question. Yet how it emerged, and why, remains widely misunderstood. Tracing the history of religious persecution from the Fall of Rome to the present-day, [the authors] provide an...explanation of the birth of religious liberty. This book treats the subject in an integrative way by combining economic reasoning with historical evidence from medieval and early modern Europe. The authors elucidate the economic and political incentives that shaped the actions of political leaders during periods of state building and economic growth."--

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