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Discusses the ideas and impact of 27 atheists, agnostics, and secularists whose ideas have shaped society over the last 200 years.

Table of Contents

Preface
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Jenin Younes
Charles Bradlaugh, David Tribe
Richard Dawkins, Donald R. Burleson
Daniel C. Dennett, Richard Gillilan
John Dewey, John Shook
Albert Einstein, Mauro Murzi
The Existentialists, Max Deutscher
The Founding Fathers, Edd Doerr
Sigmund Freud, Kirk Bingaman
Sam Harris, Jenin Younes
Thomas Henry Huxley, Sherrie Lyons
Robert G. Ingersoll, Tom Flynn
Paul Kurtz, Bill Cooke
Corliss Lamont, Bill Cooke
H. P. Lovecraft, Robert M. Price
H. L. Mencken, S. T. Joshi
John Stuart Mill, S. T. Joshi
Kai Nielsen, Bla Szabados and Andrew Lugg
Friedrich Nietzsche, Weaver Santaniello
Madalyn Murray OHair, Frank R. Zindler
The Philosophes, Wilda Anderson
Bertrand Russell, Keith M. Parsons
Carl Sagan, John Shook
Leslie Stephen, S. T. Joshi
Mark Twain, Richard Bleiler
Gore Vidal, S. T. Joshi
Voltaire, Jean-Claude Pecker
General Bibliography
About the Contributors

About the Author

S. T. Joshi is an independent scholar and the author or editor of numerous books, including Icons of Horror and the Supernatural (Greenwood, 2007), Supernatural Literature of the World: An Encyclopedia (Greenwood, 2005), Atheism: A Reader (2000), God's Defenders: What They Believe and Why They Are Wrong (2003), and The Agnostic Reader (2007). He is also founder and editor of Lovecraft Studies and Studies in Weird Fiction.

Reviews

This biographical collection offers in-depth, essay-format profiles of 27 iconic figures of 'unbelief,' intellectuals who have advocated for atheism, agnosticism, or secularism, from the historical . . . to the contemporary. . . This is an excellent starting point for research and paper writing, but the casual reader will find the book engaging as well. This reviewer was caught up in the content and found the profiles to be well written, clearly presented, and very informative. . . . This set is recommended for public, high school, and academic libraries.
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