Christianity and Religious Freedom A Sourcebook of Scriptural, Theological, and Legal Texts
Karen Taliaferro
- U.S.A Georgetown University 2014
- 109tr. Paperback, Illustration 22 cm
Religious freedom, as currently understood, is the condition in which individuals or groups are permitted without restriction to assent to and, within limits, to express and act upon religious conviction and identity in civil and political life, free of coercive interference or penalties imposed by outsiders, including the state. Over the centuries, the attitudes and behaviors of Christians aimed at promoting