| Description |
271 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-259) and index. |
| Contents |
Thomas Henry Huxley : gladiator-general for science -- Leslie Stephen : a logician dissects theology -- John Stuart Mill : theism and its discontents -- Friedrich Nietzsche : prophet of the superman -- Mark Twain : God's fool -- Clarence Darrow : religion in the dock -- H.L. Mencken : cracker-barrel philosopher -- H.P. Lovecraft : the wonders of the cosmos -- Bertrand Russell : the sage of Cambridge -- Madalyn Murray O'Hair : prayer out of the schools -- Gore Vidal : taking aim at the Sky-God -- Richard Dawkins : science vs. God -- Sam Harris : the passionate freethinker -- Christopher Hitchens : the evils of religion. |
| Summary |
In this succinct history of modern atheism, a prolific author, editor, and scholar traces the development of atheist, agnostic, and secularist thought over the past century and a half. |
| Subject |
Atheism.
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Agnosticism.
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Secularism.
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| ISBN |
9781616142360 (pbk.) |
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1616142367 (pbk.) |
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