{"product_id":"persecution-and-toleration-the-long-road-to-religious-freedom-hardback-9781108425025","title":"Persecution and Toleration; The Long Road to Religious Freedom (Hardback) 9781108425025","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePersecution and Toleration\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Long Road to Religious Freedom\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn this book, Noel D. Johnson and Mark Koyama tackle the question: how does religious liberty develop?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNoel D. Johnson (Author), Mark Koyama (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108425025, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 14 February 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e368 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 2.5 cm, 0.64 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This analysis of the historical process underlying the modern state formation is a fantastic scholarly accomplishment. The implications for the present, in terms of the risks associated to the loss of the core liberal values of modern western states, will not be lost to the careful reader.' Alberto Bisin, New York University\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eReligious 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 of religious persecution from the Fall of Rome to the present-day, Noel D. Johnson and Mark Koyama provide a novel explanation of the birth of religious liberty. This book treats the subject in an integrative way by combining economic reasoning with historical evidence from medieval and early modern Europe. The authors elucidate the economic and political incentives that shaped the actions of political leaders during periods of state building and economic growth.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Toleration, persecution, and state capacity\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Conditional Toleration: 2 Religion and the state in the premodern world\u003cbr\u003e 3. Why do states persecute?\u003cbr\u003e 4. Jewish communities, conditional toleration, and rent-seeking\u003cbr\u003e 5. Climatic shocks and persecutions\u003cbr\u003e 6. The shock of the Black Death\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Origins of Religious Freedom: 7. State building and the reformation\u003cbr\u003e 8. The inquisition and the establishment of religious homogeneity in Spain\u003cbr\u003e 9. From confessionalization to toleration and then to religious liberty\u003cbr\u003e 10. From persecution to emancipation\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Implications of Greater Religious Liberty: 11. The persecution of witchcraft\u003cbr\u003e 12. Religious minorities and economic growth\u003cbr\u003e 13. The emergence of modern states, religious freedom, and modern economic growth\u003cbr\u003e 14. Applying our argument to the rest of the world\u003cbr\u003e 15. Modern states, liberalism, and religious freedom\u003cbr\u003e 16. Conclusions.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economic history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economic history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economic%20history%20%5BKCZ%5D%22\"\u003eKCZ\u003c\/a\u003e], Political economy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political economy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20economy%20%5BKCP%5D%22\"\u003eKCP\u003c\/a\u003e], Development economics \u0026amp; emerging economies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Development economics \u0026amp; emerging economies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Development%20economics%20\u0026amp;%20emerging%20economies%20%5BKCM%5D%22\"\u003eKCM\u003c\/a\u003e], Economics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economics%20%5BKC%5D%22\"\u003eKC\u003c\/a\u003e], Religious freedom \/ freedom of worship [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Religious freedom \/ freedom of worship\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Religious%20freedom%20\/%20freedom%20of%20worship%20%5BJPVH4%5D%22\"\u003eJPVH4\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005929738520,"sku":"9781108425025","price":55.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108425025i.jpg?v=1696695011","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/persecution-and-toleration-the-long-road-to-religious-freedom-hardback-9781108425025","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}