Liberty in the Things of God: The Christian Origins of Religious Freedom

by Robert L. Wilken

Book Overview

From one of the leading historians of Christianity comes this sweeping reassessment of religious freedom, from the church fathers to John Locke

In the ancient world Christian apologists wrote in defense of their right to practice their faith in the cities of the Roman Empire. They argued that religious faith is an inward disposition of the mind and heart and cannot be coerced by external force, laying a foundation on which later generations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300226632
• ISBN13: 9780300226638
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"