Village Atheists: How America's Unbelievers Made Their Way in a Godly Nation
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Village Atheists: How America's Unbelievers Made Their Way in a Godly Nation
By (Author) Leigh Eric Schmidt
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
25th February 2019
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Religion and politics
History of religion
History of the Americas
211.80973
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Paperback
360
Width 155mm, Height 235mm
Description
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
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Author Bio
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 Heavens Bride: The Unprintable Life of Ida C. Craddock, American Mystic, Scholar, Sexologist, Martyr, and Madwoman.
