Catalyst for Controversy: Paul Carus of Open Court

by Harold Henderson

Book Overview

"I am not a common atheist; I am an atheist who loves God."--Paul Carus, "The God of Science," 1904

In the summer of 1880, while teaching at the military academy of the Royal Corps of Cadets of Saxony in Dresden, Paul Carus published a brief pamphlet denying the literal truth of scripture and describing the Bible as a great literary work comparable to the Odyssey.

This unremarkable document was Carus's first step in a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809317974
• ISBN13: 9780809317974
• Release Date: April 1993
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"