American freethinker : Elihu Palmer and the struggle for religious freedom in the new nation /
In this first biography of Elihu Palmer, Kirsten Fischer depicts a once notorious freethinker who countered Christianity with the idea of an interconnected universe infused with a divine life force. Denounced as "heretical," Palmer's speeches and writings shaped the contest over freed...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2021]
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Colección: | Early American studies.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | In this first biography of Elihu Palmer, Kirsten Fischer depicts a once notorious freethinker who countered Christianity with the idea of an interconnected universe infused with a divine life force. Denounced as "heretical," Palmer's speeches and writings shaped the contest over freedom of religion and of speech in the new United States. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (307 pages) : illustrations, map |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780812297829 0812297822 |