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Village Atheists: How America´s Unbelievers Made Their Way in a Godly Nation
Leigh Eric Schmidt
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Description for Village Atheists: How America´s Unbelievers Made Their Way in a Godly Nation
Hardback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 60 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRAM2; HRAX; HRQA5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 245 x 31. Weight in Grams: 646.
A much-maligned minority throughout American history, atheists have been cast as a threat to the nation's moral fabric, barred from holding public office, and branded as irreligious misfits in a nation chosen by God. Yet, village atheists--as these godless freethinkers came to be known by the close of the nineteenth century--were also hailed for their gutsy dissent from stultifying pieties and for posing a necessary secularist challenge to majoritarian entanglements of church and state. Village Atheists explores the complex cultural terrain that unbelievers have long had to navigate in their fight to secure equal rights and liberties in American public ... Read more
A much-maligned minority throughout American history, atheists have been cast as a threat to the nation's moral fabric, barred from holding public office, and branded as irreligious misfits in a nation chosen by God. Yet, village atheists--as these godless freethinkers came to be known by the close of the nineteenth century--were also hailed for their gutsy dissent from stultifying pieties and for posing a necessary secularist challenge to majoritarian entanglements of church and state. Village Atheists explores the complex cultural terrain that unbelievers have long had to navigate in their fight to secure equal rights and liberties in American public ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691168647
SKU
V9780691168647
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About Leigh Eric Schmidt
Leigh Eric Schmidt is the Edward C. Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor at the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University in St. Louis. His books include Restless Souls: The Making of American Spirituality and Heaven's Bride: The Unprintable Life of Ida C. Craddock, American Mystic, Scholar, Sexologist, Martyr, and Madwoman. He lives in St. Louis.
Reviews for Village Atheists: How America´s Unbelievers Made Their Way in a Godly Nation
"This well-written and lively text will be of interest to both scholars and more general readers with an interest in American irreligion."
Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A felicitous, informative story from a highly knowledgeable author."
Kirkus "Schmidt offers an entertaining yet educational read for those interested in America's secular history and the struggles many faced to become vocal freethinkers without persecution."
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Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A felicitous, informative story from a highly knowledgeable author."
Kirkus "Schmidt offers an entertaining yet educational read for those interested in America's secular history and the struggles many faced to become vocal freethinkers without persecution."
Library Journal ... Read more