Race in a Godless World: Atheism, Race, and Civilization, 1850-1914

by Nathan Alexander

Book Overview

A historical analysis of the racial views of atheists in the United States and Britain

During the second half of the nineteenth century popular atheist movements were emerging in the United States and Britain and skepticism about Christianity was becoming widespread. This newly embraced secularization created a paradox. How could Western civilization represent the pinnacle of human progress, as most white atheists accepted, when...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479835005
• ISBN13: 9781479835003
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.7" x 8.7"