Conscience and Conversion: Religious Liberty in Post-Revolutionary France - Hardcover

by Thomas Kselman (Author)

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.

Author Biography

Thomas Kselman is professor emeritus of history at the University of Notre Dame and a former president of the American Catholic Historical Association.