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

by Leigh Eric Schmidt

Book Overview

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: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.3"