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The State, Toleration, and Religious Freedom

In: Advances in the Economics of Religion

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  • Noel Johnson

    (George Mason University)

  • Mark Koyama

    (George Mason University)

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This chapter offers a novel account of the rise of religious freedom. Religious and political power have been bound together since prehistory. As a consequence, there was an absence of religious freedom throughout most of history. Even when religious dissidents were not being persecuted for their beliefs, religious practice was not free. We investigate the motivations that led some states to persecute individuals for their religious beliefs and other states to abstain from persecution. We argue that the rise of modern states—states capable of enforcing general rules and the rule of law—made possible religious peace and the eventual rise of religious and other liberal freedoms.

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  • Noel Johnson & Mark Koyama, 2019. "The State, Toleration, and Religious Freedom," International Economic Association Series, in: Jean-Paul Carvalho & Sriya Iyer & Jared Rubin (ed.), Advances in the Economics of Religion, chapter 0, pages 377-403, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:intecp:978-3-319-98848-1_24
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-98848-1_24
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    Cited by:

    1. Radost Holler & Paul Ivo Schäfer, 2021. "Norm Prevalence and Interdependence: Evidence from a Large-Scale Historical Survey of German speaking Villages," ECONtribute Discussion Papers Series 118, University of Bonn and University of Cologne, Germany.
    2. Koyama, Mark, 2022. "Introduction to the special issue on culture, institutions, and religion in economic history," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 201(C), pages 105-114.

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