Village Atheists
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 fo...
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 fo...
