Icons of Unbelief
Greenwood Press (Verlag)
978-0-313-34759-7 (ISBN)
In the opinion of many critics and philosophers, we are entering an age of atheism marked by the waning of Christian fundamentalism and the flourishing of secular thought.
Discusses the ideas and impact of 27 atheists, agnostics, and secularists whose ideas have shaped society over the last 200 years.
In the opinion of many critics and philosophers, we are entering an age of atheism marked by the waning of Christian fundamentalism and the flourishing of secular thought. Through alphabetically arranged entries written by expert contributors, this book profiles 27 iconic figures of unbelief whose ideas have shaped American society over the last 200 years. Included are entries on influential figures of the past, such as Albert Einstein and Voltaire, as well as on such contemporary figures as Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris. Each entry discusses the ideas and lasting significance of each person or group, provides sidebars of interesting information and illuminating quotations, and cites works for further reading. The volume closes with a selected, general bibliography. Students in social studies and history classes will welcome this reference as a guide to the ideas central to the American separation of Church and State and to many of the political debates at the heart of society today.
Each entry discusses the ideas and lasting significance of the person or group, provides sidebars of interesting information and quotations, and closes with a list of works for further reading. The volume ends with a selected, general bibliography. Students in history and social studies classes will welcome this reference as a guide to the American separation of Church and State and to the ideas central to contemporary political debates.
S. T. Joshi is an independent scholar and the author or editor of numerous books, including Icons of Horror and the Supernatural (Greenwood, 2007), Supernatural Literature of the World: An Encyclopedia (Greenwood, 2005), Atheism: A Reader (2000), God's Defenders: What They Believe and Why They Are Wrong (2003), and The Agnostic Reader (2007). He is also founder and editor of Lovecraft Studies and Studies in Weird Fiction.
Preface
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Jenin Younes
Charles Bradlaugh, David Tribe
Richard Dawkins, Donald R. Burleson
Daniel C. Dennett, Richard Gillilan
John Dewey, John Shook
Albert Einstein, Mauro Murzi
The Existentialists, Max Deutscher
The Founding Fathers, Edd Doerr
Sigmund Freud, Kirk Bingaman
Sam Harris, Jenin Younes
Thomas Henry Huxley, Sherrie Lyons
Robert G. Ingersoll, Tom Flynn
Paul Kurtz, Bill Cooke
Corliss Lamont, Bill Cooke
H. P. Lovecraft, Robert M. Price
H. L. Mencken, S. T. Joshi
John Stuart Mill, S. T. Joshi
Kai Nielsen, Bla Szabados and Andrew Lugg
Friedrich Nietzsche, Weaver Santaniello
Madalyn Murray OHair, Frank R. Zindler
The Philosophes, Wilda Anderson
Bertrand Russell, Keith M. Parsons
Carl Sagan, John Shook
Leslie Stephen, S. T. Joshi
Mark Twain, Richard Bleiler
Gore Vidal, S. T. Joshi
Voltaire, Jean-Claude Pecker
General Bibliography
About the Contributors
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.10.2008 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Greenwood Icons |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 1162 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Esoterik / Spiritualität |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen | |
| Naturwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-313-34759-X / 031334759X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-313-34759-7 / 9780313347597 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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