books.google.com - Until the middle of the nineteenth century, atheism and agnosticism were viewed in Western society as bizarre aberrations. Shortly thereafter, unbelief emerged as a fully available option, a plausible alternative to the still dominant theism of Europe and America. How and why, James Turner asks, did...http://books.google.com/books/about/Without_God_Without_Creed.html?id=PETYAAAAMAAJ&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareWithout God, Without Creed
Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985 - Religion - 316 pages
Until the middle of the nineteenth century, atheism and agnosticism were viewed in Western society as bizarre aberrations. Shortly thereafter, unbelief emerged as a fully available option, a plausible alternative to the still dominant theism of Europe and America. How and why, James Turner asks, did it become possible for significant numbers of people to sustain disbelief in God? Without God, Without Creed is a brilliant examination of this, one of the great cultural revolutions in Western civilization.
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Review: Without God, Without Creed: The Origins of Unbelief in America
User Review - Paul Heidebrecht - Goodreads
How did unbelief and agnosticism come to thrive in American culture even as church attendance grew and Christianity dominated? Turner's history of three centuries of unbelief in America is riveting ...Read full review
Review: Without God, Without Creed: The Origins of Unbelief in America
User Review - David Withun - Goodreads
It's unfortunate that the history of modern atheism and naturalism and its developments over time have been so understudied by historians. This book, however, is a great start to what I hope is a ...Read full review
