As If God Existed : : Religion and Liberty in the History of Italy / / Maurizio Viroli.
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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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2012] ©2013 |
| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Edition: | Core Textbook |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- 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