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Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. Constant'sEducation: the French, Scottish, and German Enlightenments: 1. Childhood; 2.Edinburgh; 3. Paris; 4. Protestantism and the Enlightenment; 5. Brunswick; 6.Mauvillon, the new German theology and the idea of progressive revelation; 7.Constant's 'The Spirit of Religions'; 8. Madame de Stael; Part II. TheCrucible of the Directory Years: 1. The see-saw policy of the directory; 2.Catholicism and the need for 'Republican Institutions'; 3. Catholiccounter-arguments; 4. Constant during the Directory; 5. Critics of theDirectory's Religious Policies, a. Louis de Bonald, b. Jean-Francois de LaHarpe, c. Jacques Necker, d. Joseph de Maistre; 6. The second Directory andthe renewed campaign for Republican institutions; 7. Theophilanthropy; 8.Lessons of the Directory: William Godwin and Des circonstances actuelles;Part III. Napoleon, or Battling 'the New Cyrus': 1. Napoleon and the CatholicRevival; 2. Enlightened responses and the plan to 'Protestantize' France; 3.Charles de Villers; 4. Bonaparte's decision; 5. Portalis on the Utility ofReligion; 6. The Concordat and the Organic Articles; 7. Friends and foes ofthe Concordat: from the Genie du christianisme to Delphine; 8. Constant'strip to Germany; 9. The Sentiment/Form Distinction; 10. Return to Paris(December 1804) and the Debate on a National Religion; Part IV. Constantbecomes Constant: From the Principles of Politics (1806) to the Spirit ofConquest and Usurpation (1814): 1. Constant's Political Principles in 1806;2. 'Private judgement' in Protestant Polemics; 3. Book VIII: On ReligiousFreedom; 4. Constant's 'Corner of Religion': from the 'Letter about Julie' tothe Correspondence with Prosper de Barante, a. The 'Letter about Julie', b.Adolphe and Cecile, c. Correspondence with Prosper de Barante; 5. Del'Allemagne (1810); 6. Constant's return to Germany; 7. The spirit ofconquest and usurpation (1814); Part V. Politics and Religion during theRestoration (1814-1824): 1. Keeping Political Liberty Alive; a. Constant'svacillations, b. The Problem of Industrie, c. 'On the Liberty of theAncients', d. The Commentary on Filangieri; 2. Keeping Religious LibertyAlive, a. The 'crisis' of the Catholic Church, b. Religion in the Principlesof Politics of 1815, c. Catholic-Protestant Wars, Lamennais, Constant'sLectures on Religion at the Athenee Royal, De Maistre's Du pape, Vincent; d.Catholic Dissensions; e. The Society for Christian Morals; f. The MemorialCatholique; Part VI. The 'Protestant Bossuet': De la religion in PoliticalContext (1824-1830): 1. De la religion, volume I (May 1824), Reviews ofvolume I; 2. Charles X and 'the invasion of priests', Constant's article'Christianity', Professions of Protestantism; 3. De la religion, volume II(October 1825), a. Dependent vs. independent forms; b. Constant'sphilohellenism; c. Joseph de Maistre's view of the Greek character, Reviewsof volume II; 4. The Problem with Industrie: Constant and religion seen fromthe Left; a. Charles Dunoyer's L'industrie et la morale considerees dansleurs rapports avec la liberte (1825); b. The search for a new doctrine; fromJouffroy to Saint-Simon; 1. Saint-Simon's 'New Christianity' (1825); 2.Auguste Comte, Le Producteur,and the search for a new 'spiritual authority';c. Constant's 'On the Tendency of the Age'; d. Constant's Review of CharlesDunoyer and article on religion for the Encylopedie progressive; e. De lareligion, volumes III, IV, V; f. Constant's Final Words; Part VII. Constant'sLegacy: 1. The Revolution of 1830; 2. Constant's declining reputation.