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.
Chapter 1. From Toleration to Liberty
Chapter 2. Religious Wandering in French Romantic Culture
Chapter 3. Prodigal Sons and Daughters?
Chapter 4. Family, Nation, and Freedom
Chapter 6. Mysticism, Despair, and Progress
Chapter 7. Philology and Freedom