{"product_id":"freethinkers-a-history-of-american-secularism-paperback","title":"Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusan Jacoby\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Jacoby accomplishes her task with clarity, thoroughness, and an engaging passion.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003e-Los Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At a time when the separation of church and state is under attack as never before, \u003ci\u003eFreethinkers\u003c\/i\u003e 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 traces 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, \u003ci\u003eFreethinkers\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the neglected achievements of secularists who, allied with tolerant believers, have led the battle for reform in the past and today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRich with such iconic figures as Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Paine, and the once-famous Robert Green Ingersoll, Freethinkers restores to history the passionate humanists who struggled against those who would undermine the combination of secular government and religious liberty that is the glory of the American system.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Jacoby\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several books including \u003ci\u003eWild Justice\u003c\/i\u003e, a Pulitzer Prize finalist. A contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, she lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 417\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 8.22 x 5.54 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42596309172320,"sku":"9780805077766","price":44.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/U1ExWlBpK0xlcTIzaTRXbTc5bXlQQT09.webp?v=1771613761","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/freethinkers-a-history-of-american-secularism-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}