“Religious Liberty (Foundations),” in Erwin Fahlbusch, ed., The Encyclopedia of Christianity (2005) 

Abstract

This encyclopedic Article on "religious liberty" maps out the slow evolution of religious liberty in the Christian West through early modern times. It tells the story of religious liberty in the first millennium, the Papal Revolution, the Protestant Reformation, and early modern times, including in the New World.

Keywords: Religious Liberty, Western Christian Tradition, Roman Law, Germanic Tribes, Papal Revolution, Protestant Reformation, Religious Warfare, Religious Freedom, Church-state Relations