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Persecution & toleration : the long road to religious freedom /

Religious freedom has become an emblematic value in the West. Embedded in constitutions and championed by politicians and thinkers across the political spectrum, it is to many an absolute value, something beyond question. Yet how it emerged, and why, remains widely misunderstood. Tracing the history...

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Main Authors:	Johnson, Noel D. (Author), Koyama, Mark, 1982- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2019]
Series:	Cambridge studies in economics, choice, and society.
Subjects:	Religion and state. Freedom of religion. Religious tolerance.

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