2000 Years of Disbelief - Famous People With the Courage to Doubt

Informationen zum Autor By James A. Haugt Klappentext Society rarely acknowledges the many and varied gifts that disbelievers give to the world. This insightful, witty collection sets the record straight by profiling dozens of famous people who were skeptical of conventional religious beliefs. Included, among others, are Isaac Asimov, W.E.B. DuBois, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Benjamin Franklin, Omar Khayyam, Abraham Lincoln, James Madison, John Stuart Mill, Ayn Rand, Gene Roddenberry, Margaret Sanger, George Bernard Shaw, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Voltaire, with many quotes that reveal their rejection of the supernatural. Zusammenfassung Churchmen generally contend that great figures in history! such as America's founders! were conventional believers. This book chronicles dozens of famous people such as Isaac Asimov! W E B DuBois! Thomas Edison! Albert Einstein! Ralph Waldo Emerson! and Benjamin Franklin! with quotes that reveal their rejection of the supernatural.

Product details

• Authors: James A. Haught, James A Haugt, James A. Haugt
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.1996
• EAN: 9781573920674
• ISBN: 978-1-57392-067-4
• No. of pages: 339
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies