Icons of Unbelief: Atheists, Agnostics, and Secularists [2009]

Icons of Unbelief: Atheists, Agnostics, and Secularists
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Editor: S. T. Joshi
Publisher: ABC-CLIO/Greenwood
Publication Date: October 30, 2008

ISBN-13: 978-0313347597 (hardcover)

eISBN-13: 978-0-31334-760-3 (eBook)


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Synopsis from ABC-CLIO.com


Discusses the ideas and impact of 27 atheists, agnostics, and secularists whose ideas
have shaped society over the last 200 years.


Never before has atheism and agnosticism been so prevalent in American society, as testified by
the simultaneous appearance of 2 atheist volumes on the bestseller lists: Richard Dawkins's The
God Delusion and Sam Harris's Letter to a Christian Nation.

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.



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Included are alphabetically arranged entries on 27 iconic figures of unbelief, such as:

Charles Bradlaugh
Richard Dawkins
Daniel C. Dennett
Albert Einstein
The Existentialists
The Founding Fathers
Sigmund Freud
Sam Harris
Robert G. Ingersoll
Friedrich Nietzsche
Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Mark Twain
Voltaire



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