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Conscience and conversion : religious liberty in post-revolutionary France /

Kselman, Thomas A. 1948-

Conscience and conversion : religious liberty in post-revolutionary France / Thomas Kselman. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references and index.

From Toleration to Liberty: Religious Freedom as Concept and Constitutional Right -- Religious Wandering in French Romantic Culture -- Prodigal Sons and Daughters? Jewish Converts and Catholic Proselytism -- Family, Nation, and Freedom: Ivan Gagarin, the Swetchine Circle, and the Orthodox Road to Rome -- God and Liberty? Lamennais, Catholicism, and Freedom of Conscience -- Mysticism, Despair, and Progress: George Sand's Pursuit of Religious Liberty -- Philology and Freedom: Ernest Renan's Struggle with Catholicism.

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. --! From back cover.


In English.

9780300235647 030023564X 0300226136 9780300226133

10.12987/9780300235647 doi

22573/ctt1zzbz31 JSTOR

GBB859762 bnb GBB8F5746 bnb

018812561 Uk 019026720 Uk


Catholic Church--History--France--19th century.
Catholic Church--History--19th century.
Église catholique--Histoire--19e siècle.
Catholic Church


1800-1899


Liberty--Religious aspects.
Freedom of religion--France--19th century.
Liberté--Aspect religieux.
Liberté religieuse--France--19e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Human Rights.
HISTORY--Europe--France.
Liberty--Religious aspects
Freedom of religion


France--Religious life and customs.
France


History

BX1530 / .K72 2018 BV741 / .K74 2018 KJV4212

323.44/2/0944