There's a LOT of good material in this for freethinkers interested in our history. And, more important for a popular history, this is a pretty good explanation of why secularism is vital to the survival of the nation established in North America in 1787. As she has in the past, Susan Jacoby addressed mainly American freethinkers and really avoided linking them (especially the later ones like Ingersoll and Sanger) to any type of broader transatlantic tradition. So that opportunity still exists for me.
Brief Thoughts about Jacoby's Freethinkers
Brief Thoughts about Jacoby's Freethinkers
Brief Thoughts about Jacoby's Freethinkers
There's a LOT of good material in this for freethinkers interested in our history. And, more important for a popular history, this is a pretty good explanation of why secularism is vital to the survival of the nation established in North America in 1787. As she has in the past, Susan Jacoby addressed mainly American freethinkers and really avoided linking them (especially the later ones like Ingersoll and Sanger) to any type of broader transatlantic tradition. So that opportunity still exists for me.