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Freethinkers : a history of American secularism / Susan Jacoby.

By: Jacoby, Susan, 1945-.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Metropolitan Books, 2004Edition: 1st ed.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-397) and index.Description: 417 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0805074422.Subject(s): Secularism -- United States -- History | Freethinkers -- United States -- HistoryDDC classification: 211/.4/0973 Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description
Contents:
Revolutionary secularism -- The age of reason and unreason -- Lost connections: anticlericalism, abolitionism, and feminism -- The belief and unbelief of Abraham Lincoln -- Evolution and its discontents -- The great agnostic and the golden age of freethought -- Dawn of the culture wars -- Unholy trinity: Atheists, Reds, Darwinists -- Onward, Christian soldiers -- The best years of our lives -- Culture wars redux -- Reason embattled.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-397) and index.

Revolutionary secularism -- The age of reason and unreason -- Lost connections: anticlericalism, abolitionism, and feminism -- The belief and unbelief of Abraham Lincoln -- Evolution and its discontents -- The great agnostic and the golden age of freethought -- Dawn of the culture wars -- Unholy trinity: Atheists, Reds, Darwinists -- Onward, Christian soldiers -- The best years of our lives -- Culture wars redux -- Reason embattled.

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