Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism

A Metropolitan / Owl Book, Henry Holt and Company, New York, 2004. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic & Illustrations. introduction by author appendix, notes, selected bibliography, acknowledgements and index. Between pages 212 and 213 there are eight pages of black-and-white photography and illustrations. Plain text paperback binding with red and blue coloured titles to the front panel and red coloured titles to the back strip. Black-and-white photographs of the author to the rear book panel. ''At a time when the separation of church and state is under attack as never before, Freethinkers offers a powerful defence of the secularist heritage that gave Americans the first government in the world founded not on the authority of religion but on the bedrock of human reason. In impassioned, elegant prose, author and Susan Jacoby traces more than 200 years of secularist activism, beginning with the fierce debate over the omission of God from the Constitution.'' -- from rear panel blurb. The rubbing of the book edges and there is a little bend in the book proper – incorrect storage. Size: Trade Paperback. 417, [7] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic & Illustrations. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Philosophy; United States; Religion & Theology. ISBN: 0805077766. ISBN/EAN: 9780805077766. Inventory No: 0123488. . 9780805077766