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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
Author
Leigh Eric Schmidt
Format
Trade Paperback
ISBN-10
0691247927
EAN
9780691247922
ISBN
9780691247922
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Genre
Religion, History
Topic
Atheism, United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Faith, History, Religion, Politics & State
Release Year
2023
Release Date
20/06/2023
Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
US
Item Height
0.8in
Item Length
8.2in
Publication Year
2023
Item Width
5.1in
Item Weight
11.6 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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Publisher
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691247927
ISBN-13
9780691247922
eBay Product ID (ePID)
23058375028

Product Key Features

Book Title
Church of Saint Thomas Paine : a Religious History of American Secularism
Author
Leigh Eric Schmidt
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Atheism, United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Faith, History, Religion, Politics & State
Publication Year
2023
Genre
Religion, History
Number of Pages
272 Pages

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Item Length
8.2in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5.1in
Item Weight
11.6 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Bl2760.S36 2023
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
Dewey Decimal
211.60973
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes

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