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Hardback. Condition: New. Edited by Richard J. Helmstadter, this collection grew out of a 1995 conference held at the Center for the History of Freedom at Washington University in St. Louis. Its eleven case studies question the long-standing liberal account of how religious liberty developed. Each one sets out the traditional reading of its subject and then reexamines the historical record. Most of the essays deal with Europe, particularly England and France, with others on Germany. The rest cover early America, clericalism and anticlericalism in Chile, and British Protestant missions in India and Africa. One essay challenges the Enlightenment idea that science naturally favors religious freedom. Most of the book concerns Christianity, but one chapter treats European Judaism and another discusses Islam in French Algeria. The study of France runs in two parts. A long introduction outlines the inherited narrative and summarizes each contribution, and the volume ends with a bibliography and an index. Feel free to ask for photos or more detail.…

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 216 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.