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BL
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1030017
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b784387
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| Title & Author
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Icons of unbelief : : atheists, agnostics, and secularists /\ edited by S.T. Joshi.
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| Publication Statement
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Westport, Conn. :: Greenwood Press,, 2008.
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| Series Statement
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Greenwood icons
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1 online resource (x, 463 pages)
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| ISBN
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031334759X
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: 0313347603
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: 9780313347597
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: 9780313347603
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-447) and index.
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| Contents
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Series Foreword; Preface; Ayaan Hirsi Ali; Charles Bradlaugh; Richard Dawkins; Daniel C. Dennett; John Dewey; Albert Einstein; The Existentialists; The Founding Fathers; Sigmund Freud; Sam Harris; Thomas Henry Huxley; Robert G. Ingersoll; Paul Kurtz; Corliss Lamont; H.P. Lovecraft; H.L. Mencken; John Stuart Mill; Kai Nielsen; Friedrich Nietzsche; Madalyn Murray O'Hair; The Philosophes; Bertrand Russell; Carl Sagan; Leslie Stephen; Mark Twain; Gore Vidal; Voltaire; General Bibliography; About the Contributors; Index.
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| Abstract
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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.
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Agnosticism-- History-- 19th century.
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Agnosticism-- History-- 20th century.
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Atheism-- History-- 19th century.
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Atheism-- History-- 20th century.
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Secularism-- History-- 19th century.
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Secularism-- History-- 20th century.
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Agnosticism.
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Atheism.
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RELIGION-- Agnosticism.
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Secularism.
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| Dewey Classification
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211/.70922
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BL2759.I36 2008eb
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| Added Entry
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Joshi, S. T.,1958-
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