Religion

Liberty is an idea and an idealized state of being that can be traced through many of the religious traditions of the world. Across time periods, theological differences, and cultural contexts, many different religious thinkers have arrived at an understanding of the importance of liberty–coupled with some form of moral responsibility–in the organization and conduct of human affairs. We encourage you to explore the quotations in this collection to discover more about the connection between liberty and religion.

See also the extracts, chapters, and introductions in the Religion section of the Ideas page.

• Ethical Treatises; the Books of the Fourth Ennead (Plotinus)
• The Divine Mind; being the Treatises of the Fifth Ennead (Plotinus)
• On the One and Good; being the Treatises of the Sixth Ennead (Plotinus)
• The Epistles of St. Paul, vol. 0 (Jowett trans.) (Benjamin Jowett)
• The Epistles of St. Paul, vol. 1 (Jowett trans.) (Benjamin Jowett)
• Essays on The Epistles of St. Paul (Benjamin Jowett)
• Essays Moral, Political, Literary (LF ed.) (David Hume)
• Essays on Church, State, and Politics (Christian Thomasius)
• Essays on the Principles of Morality and Natural Religion (Henry Home, Lord Kames)
• Extraordinary Black Book: An Exposition of Abuses in Church and State (1832) (John Wade)
• First Principles of the Reformation (1883) (Martin Luther)
• The Gospel of Buddha (O. Kopetzky)
• A Guide for the Perplexed (Michael Friedlaender)
• History of European Morals from Augustus to Charlemagne, 2 vols. (William Edward Hartpole Lecky)
• History of European Morals from Augustus to Charlemagne, vol. 1 (William Edward Hartpole Lecky)
• History of European Morals from Augustus to Charlemagne, vol. 2 (William Edward Hartpole Lecky)
• History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe, 2 vols. (William Edward Hartpole Lecky)
• History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe, vol. 1 (William Edward Hartpole Lecky)
• History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe, vol. 2 (William Edward Hartpole Lecky)
• The Holy Qur-an (Koran) (Arabic and English) (Maulvi Muhammed Ali)
• The Hymns of Martin Luther (Martin Luther)
• The Independent Whig, 4 vols. (1720, 1743) (Thomas Gordon)
• The Independent Whig, vol. 1 (7th ed. 1743) (Thomas Gordon)
• The Independent Whig, vol. 2 (7th ed. 1743) (Thomas Gordon)
• The Independent Whig, vol. 3 (2nd ed. 1741) (Thomas Gordon)