Pub Date: September 19, 1986
Dewey: 211
LCCN: 84015397
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 0.86" H x 9.06" L x 6.04" W ( 1.11 lbs) 336 pages
BISAC Categories:
Religion | History | Agnosticism | Atheism | Social History | Reference | United States | General
Series: New Studies in American Intellectual and Cultural History
Description: Until the 19th century, atheism and agnosticism were viewed as bizarre aberrations. But atheism emerged as a viable alternative to other ideologies. How and why it became possible is the subject of this cultural revolution.
Review Quotes:
Turner's treatment of the nineteenth century is excellent and often brilliantly perceptive.
--Robert Nisbet "The New York Times Book Review"