Conscience and Conversion: Religious Liberty in Post-Revolutionary France - Hardcover

Kselman, Thomas

 
9780300226133: Conscience and Conversion: Religious Liberty in Post-Revolutionary France

Synopsis

Religious liberty is usually examined within a larger discussion of church-state relations, but Thomas Kselman looks at several individuals in Restoration France whose high-profile conversions fascinated their contemporaries. Exploring their reasons and the repercussions they faced, Kselman demonstrates how this expanded sense of liberty informs our secular age.

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About the Author

Thomas Kselman is professor emeritus of history at the University of Notre Dame and a former president of the American Catholic Historical Association.

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