As if God existed : religion and liberty in the history of Italy / Maurizio Viroli ; translated by Alberto Nones.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: Italian Publication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2012.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
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- Come se Dio ci fosse. English
- Liberty -- History
- Religion and politics -- Italy -- History
- Religion and state -- Italy -- History
- Liberté -- Histoire
- Religion et politique -- Italie -- Histoire
- Religion et État -- Italie -- Histoire
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom
- Liberty
- Religion and politics
- Religion and state
- Italy
- 320.94501/1 23
- JC599.I8 V5713 2012eb
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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.
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 deeply religious commitment to it.
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