The Scientific Spirit of American Humanism

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESSISBN: 9781421438580

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By Stephen P. Weldon
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PrefaceIntroduction. The Scientific Spirit of American Humanism Chapter 1. Liberal Christianity and the Frontiers of American BeliefChapter 2. The Birth of Religious HumanismChapter 3. Manifesto for an Age of ScienceChapter 4. Philosophers in the PulpitChapter 5. Humanists at WarChapter 6. Scientists on the World StageChapter 7. Eugenics and the Question of RaceChapter 8. Inside the Humanist CountercultureChapter 9. Skeptics in the Age of AquariusChapter 10. The Fundamentalist ChallengeChapter 11. Battling Creationism and Christian PseudoscienceChapter 12. The Humanist Ethos of Science in Modern AmericaEpilogue. Science and Millennial HumanismNotesArchival Sources and Personal PapersIndexPhoto Galleries

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