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Without God, Without Creed

The Origins of Unbelief in America

By: James C. Turner

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Paperback | 14 October 1986

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Until the middle of the nineteenth century, atheism and agnosticism were viewed in Western society as bizarre aberrations. Shortly thereafter, unbelief emerged as a fully available option, a plausible alternative to the still dominant theism of Europe and America. How and why, James Turner asks, did it become possible for significant numbers of people to sustain disbelief in God? Without God, Without Creed is a brilliant examination of this, one of the great cultural revolutions in Western civilization.

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""A crafted, intelligent book. The prose is remarkably clear, as is the argument. Turner offers us intellectual history in something like the grand manner.""

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Non-Fiction Religion & Beliefs Religion History of Religion Alternative Belief Systems Humanist & Secular Alternatives to Religion Agnosticism & Atheism History Regional & National History History of the Americas Specific Events & Topics in History Social & Cultural History

Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Prologue	p. 1
Modern Belief, 1500-1865
A New Age	p. 7
Enlightenment and Belief, 1690-1790	p. 35
A God of Mind and Heart, 1790-1850	p. 73
Belief and Social Change	p. 114
Christianity Confused, 1840-1870	p. 141
Modern Unbelief, 1865-1890
The Intellectual Crisis of Belief	p. 171
The Immorality of Belief	p. 203
A More Excellent Way	p. 226
Sanctity without Godliness	p. 248
Epilogue	p. 262
Notes	p. 271
Index	p. 307
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