Great Freethinkers

Great Freethinkers
Title Great Freethinkers PDF eBook
Author James C. Sanford
Publisher
Pages 272
Release 2004
Genre Philosophy
ISBN

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Grouped into categories that range from religion and psychology to sex and politics, the 1,000 quotations by the world's great iconoclasts and skeptics collected in this volume challenge conventional notions of god, country, science, art, society, and culture. In eclectic harmony, the words of cynics Mark Twain, Ambrose Bierce, and H. L. Mencken counterbalance those of idealists Ralph Waldo Emerson, Albert Einstein, and Jane Addams. Utopians Emma Goldman and Che Guevara contrast with anti-utopians George Orwell and Albert Camus. Individualists contend with egalitarians as do deists with atheists in these thought-provoking quotations that have been carefully selected from a broad range of writings and chosen on the basis of their wit, eloquence, novelty, and incisiveness.

Raising Freethinkers

Raising Freethinkers
Title Raising Freethinkers PDF eBook
Author Dale McGowan
Publisher AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn
Pages 290
Release 2009
Genre Family & Relationships
ISBN 0814410960

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Raising Freethinkers offers solutions to the unique challenges secular parents face and provides specific answers to common questions, as well as over 100 activities for both parents and their children. Covers every important topic nonreligious parents need to know to help their children with their own moral and intellectual development.

Freethinkers

Freethinkers
Title Freethinkers PDF eBook
Author Susan Jacoby
Publisher Metropolitan Books
Pages 452
Release 2005-01-07
Genre Religion
ISBN 1429934751

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An authoritative history of the vital role of secularist thinkers and activists in the United States, from a writer of "fierce intelligence and nimble, unfettered imagination" (The New York Times) At a time when the separation of church and state is under attack as never before, Freethinkers offers a powerful defense 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, celebrated author Susan Jacoby paints a striking portrait of more than two hundred years of secularist activism, beginning with the fierce debate over the omission of God from the Constitution. Moving from nineteenth-century abolitionism and suffragism through the twentieth century's civil liberties, civil rights, and feminist movements, Freethinkers illuminates the neglected accomplishments of secularists who, allied with liberal and tolerant religious believers, have stood at the forefront of the battle for reforms opposed by reactionary forces in the past and today. Rich with such iconic figures as Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Clarence Darrow—as well as once-famous secularists such as Robert Green Ingersoll, "the Great Agnostic"—Freethinkers restores to history generations of dedicated humanists. It is they, Jacoby shows, who have led the struggle to uphold the combination of secular government and religious liberty that is the glory of the American system.

Black Freethinkers

Black Freethinkers
Title Black Freethinkers PDF eBook
Author Christopher Cameron
Publisher Critical Insurgencies
Pages 248
Release 2019-09-15
Genre History
ISBN 9780810140790

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Black Freethinkers is the first study to offer a comprehensive historical treatment of African American freethought (including atheism, agnosticism, and secular humanism) from the nineteenth century to the present.

The Great Agnostic

The Great Agnostic
Title The Great Agnostic PDF eBook
Author Susan Jacoby
Publisher Yale University Press
Pages 258
Release 2013-01-08
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0300137257

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A biography that restores America's foremost 19th-century champion of reason and secularism to the still contested 21st-century public square.

Parenting Beyond Belief

Parenting Beyond Belief
Title Parenting Beyond Belief PDF eBook
Author Dale Mcgowan
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 2016
Genre Family & Relationships
ISBN 9780814437414

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"Gathering the perspectives of educators and psychologists, as well as wisdom from everyday parents, Parenting Beyond Belief offers insights and advice on a wide range of topics including instilling values, finding meaning and purpose, navigating holidays, coping with loss, finding community without religion, and more. The second edition of this secular parenting bestseller brings back reflections from such celebrated freethinkers as Richard Dawkins and Julia Sweeney, and adds new voices including journalist Wendy Thomas Russell, essayist Katherine Ozment, sociologist Phil Zuckerman, and many others" --

50 Great Myths About Atheism

50 Great Myths About Atheism
Title 50 Great Myths About Atheism PDF eBook
Author
Publisher John Wiley & Sons
Pages 290
Release 2013-08-12
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 1118607813

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Tackling a host of myths and prejudices commonly leveled at atheism, this captivating volume bursts with sparkling, eloquent arguments on every page. The authors rebut claims that range from atheism being just another religion to the alleged atrocities committed in its name. An accessible yet scholarly commentary on hot-button issues in the debate over religious belief Teaches critical thinking skills through detailed, rational argument Objectively considers each myth on its merits Includes a history of atheism and its advocates, an appendix detailing atheist organizations, and an extensive bibliography Explains the differences between atheism and related concepts such as agnosticism and naturalism