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Leigh Eric Schmidt The Church of Saint Thomas Paine (Hardback)
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- Book Title
- Church of Saint Thomas Paine : a Religious History of American Secularism
- Publication Name
- The Church of Saint Thomas Paine
- Title
- The Church of Saint Thomas Paine
- Subtitle
- A Religious History of American Secularism
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10
- 0691217254
- EAN
- 9780691217253
- ISBN
- 9780691217253
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Genre
- Religion, History
- Topic
- United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), General, History, Religion, Politics & State
- Release Date
- 02/11/2021
- Release Year
- 2021
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Item Length
- 8.6in
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Item Width
- 5.7in
- Item Weight
- 16.9 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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The forgotten story of the nineteenth-century freethinkers and twentieth-century humanists who tried to build their own secular religion. In The Church of Saint Thomas Paine , Leigh Eric Schmidt tells the surprising story of how freethinking liberals in nineteenth-century America promoted a secular religion of humanity centered on the deistic revolutionary Thomas Paine (1737-1809) and how their descendants eventually became embroiled in the culture wars of the late twentieth century. After Paine's remains were stolen from his grave in New Rochelle, New York, and shipped to England in 1819, the reverence of his American disciples took a material turn in a long search for his relics. Paine's birthday was always a red-letter day for these believers in democratic cosmopolitanism and philanthropic benevolence, but they expanded their program to include a broader array of rites and ceremonies, particularly funerals free of Christian supervision. They also worked to establish their own churches and congregations in which to practice their religion of secularism. All of these activities raised serious questions about the very definition of religion and whether it included nontheistic fellowships and humanistic associations--a dispute that erupted again in the second half of the twentieth century. As right-wing Christians came to see secular humanism as the most dangerous religion imaginable, small communities of religious humanists, the heirs of Paine's followers, were swept up in new battles about religion's public contours and secularism's moral perils. An engrossing account of an important but little-known chapter in American history, The Church of Saint Thomas Paine reveals why the lines between religion and secularism are often much blurrier than we imagine.
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Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691217254
ISBN-13
9780691217253
eBay Product ID (ePID)
17050077022
Product Key Features
Book Title
Church of Saint Thomas Paine : a Religious History of American Secularism
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), General, History, Religion, Politics & State
Publication Year
2021
Genre
Religion, History
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.6in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
5.7in
Item Weight
16.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Bl2760.S36 2021
Reviews
" The Church of Saint Thomas Paine is a fascinating account of American secularism that examines how small groups of nineteenth-century freethinkers strove to establish a religion of humanity." ---Misha Hoo, Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, "[A] lively tour through the expansionist heyday of the secular creed." ---Chris Lehmann, New Republic
Copyright Date
2021
Lccn
2021-022302
Dewey Decimal
211.60973
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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