the heritage of revolutionary secularism-and the intellectual successors of the eighteenth-century American freethinkers-had moved north.' She notes that southern clerics justified slavery on scriptural grounds and that those who disagreed 'simply lost their place in their. The book not only explores the religious skepticism of such iconic figures as Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, James Madison, Abraham Lincoln, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton but also restores to history such dedicated and forgotten secular humanists as Robert Green Ingersoll, known as 'the Great Agnostic' and the most famous orator in 19th-century America. Continuing her history, Jacoby points out that 'by the early 1830s. FREETHINKERS illuminates the neglected accomplishments of secularists who have stood at the forefront of the battle for every kind of reform from the framing of a Constitution based on human rights rather than divine authority to the feminist and civil liberties movements of the 20th century. In her latest book, FREETHINKERS: A HISTORY OF AMERICAN SECULARISM, Jacoby offers an impassioned history that challenges the current marginalization of secular values.

She is also director of the Center for Inquiry-Metro New York and lives in New York City. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, she has been a contributor to THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE WASHINGTON POST, THE NATION, and the AARP Bulletin, among other publications. Awarded fellowships by the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the New York Public Library's Dorothy and Lewis B. Susan Jacoby, who began her writing career as a reporter for THE WASHINGTON POST, is the author of five books, including WILD JUSTICE, a Pulitzer Prize finalist. Susan Jacoby (/ d k o b i / born June 4, 1945) is an American author. Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism Hardcover Apby Susan Jacoby (Author) 214 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 11.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 29.42 78 Used from 1.59 14 New from 21.27 2 Collectible from 12. Susan Jacoby| PBSīill Moyers interviews author Susan Jacoby on the separation of church and state in America today, and why she believes preserving the sanctity of American secularism is fundamental to democracy and to the benefit of both religion and government.

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