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Author: Leigh Eric Schmidt
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Imprint: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9780691183114
ISBN 10: 0691183112
Pages: 360
Publication Date: 18 December 2018
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Language: English
Reviews
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) Schmidt's rich, deep exploration of atheist thinkers in 19th-century America contextualizes questions pressing on American Christianity today. --Choice The best history of nonbelievers in the United States. --Joseph Blankholm, Public Books For anyone interested in the birth, growth, and development of grassroots secularism in the United States this book is an absolute must. --Phil Zuckerman, Los Angeles Review of Books One of CHOICE's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2017
One of CHOICE's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2017 For anyone interested in the birth, growth, and development of grassroots secularism in the United States this book is an absolute must. --Phil Zuckerman, Los Angeles Review of Books 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) Schmidt's rich, deep exploration of atheist thinkers in 19th-century America contextualizes questions pressing on American Christianity today. --Choice The best history of nonbelievers in the United States. --Joseph Blankholm, Public Books
One of CHOICE's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2017 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) Schmidt's rich, deep exploration of atheist thinkers in 19th-century America contextualizes questions pressing on American Christianity today. --Choice The best history of nonbelievers in the United States. --Joseph Blankholm, Public Books For anyone interested in the birth, growth, and development of grassroots secularism in the United States this book is an absolute must. --Phil Zuckerman, Los Angeles Review of Books
One of CHOICE's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2017 The best history of nonbelievers in the United States. --Joseph Blankholm, Public Books 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) Schmidt's rich, deep exploration of atheist thinkers in 19th-century America contextualizes questions pressing on American Christianity today. --Choice For anyone interested in the birth, growth, and development of grassroots secularism in the United States this book is an absolute must. --Phil Zuckerman, Los Angeles Review of Books
One of CHOICE's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2017
Author Information
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.
