Book contents
- Frontmatter
- The Religious Freedom Research Project
- Contents
- Contributing Authors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Christianity and Freedom: Ancient Roots and Historical Innovations
- 1 The Roots of Religious Freedom in Early Christian Thought
- 2 The Christian Roots of Religious Freedom
- 3 Lactantius on Religious Liberty and His Influence on Constantine
- 4 Augustine and Religious Freedom
- 5 Christianity and the Roots of Human Dignity in Late Antiquity
- 6 Liberty of Conscience and Freedom of Religion in the Medieval Canonists and Theologians
- 7 Faith, Liberty, and the Defense of the Poor: Bishop Las Casas in the History of Human Rights
- 8 Calvinist Contributions to Freedom in Early Modern Europe
- 9 Constitutional Protection of the Freedom of Conscience in Colonial America: The Rhode Island and Pennsylvania Experiments
- 10 Christianity and Freedom in the American Founding
- 11 Vibrant Christian Pluralism and the Evolution and Defense of Religious Liberty in America
- 12 Orthodox Christian Contributions to Freedom: Historical Foundations, Contemporary Problematics
- 13 Christianity: A Straggler on the Road to Liberty?
- 14 Protestant Missionaries and the Centrality of Conversion Attempts for the Spread of Education, Printing, Colonial Reform, and Political Democracy
- 15 God and Freedom: Biblical Roots of the Western Idea of Liberty
- Index
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2016
- Frontmatter
- The Religious Freedom Research Project
- Contents
- Contributing Authors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Christianity and Freedom: Ancient Roots and Historical Innovations
- 1 The Roots of Religious Freedom in Early Christian Thought
- 2 The Christian Roots of Religious Freedom
- 3 Lactantius on Religious Liberty and His Influence on Constantine
- 4 Augustine and Religious Freedom
- 5 Christianity and the Roots of Human Dignity in Late Antiquity
- 6 Liberty of Conscience and Freedom of Religion in the Medieval Canonists and Theologians
- 7 Faith, Liberty, and the Defense of the Poor: Bishop Las Casas in the History of Human Rights
- 8 Calvinist Contributions to Freedom in Early Modern Europe
- 9 Constitutional Protection of the Freedom of Conscience in Colonial America: The Rhode Island and Pennsylvania Experiments
- 10 Christianity and Freedom in the American Founding
- 11 Vibrant Christian Pluralism and the Evolution and Defense of Religious Liberty in America
- 12 Orthodox Christian Contributions to Freedom: Historical Foundations, Contemporary Problematics
- 13 Christianity: A Straggler on the Road to Liberty?
- 14 Protestant Missionaries and the Centrality of Conversion Attempts for the Spread of Education, Printing, Colonial Reform, and Political Democracy
- 15 God and Freedom: Biblical Roots of the Western Idea of Liberty
- Index
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- Christianity and Freedom , pp. i - viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016