TY - BOOK AU - Viroli,Maurizio TI - As if God existed: religion and liberty in the history of Italy SN - 1400845513 AV - JC599.I8 V5713 2012eb U1 - 320.94501/1 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Princeton, N.J. PB - Princeton University Press KW - Liberty KW - History KW - Religion and politics KW - Italy KW - Religion and state KW - Liberté KW - Histoire KW - Religion et politique KW - Italie KW - Religion et État KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Political Process KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - Political Freedom KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=475406 ER -