Village Atheists: How America's Unbelievers Made Their Way in a Godly Nation

by Leigh Eric Schmidt

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A compelling history of atheism in American public life

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...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0691168644

ISBN13:9780691168647

Release Date:October 2016

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:360 Pages

Weight:1.46 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 6.3" x 9.4"

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Religion Religion & Spirituality

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