Author | Converse, Raymond W |
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Title | Atheism as a positive social force [electronic resource] / Raymond W. Converse |
Imprint | New York : Algora Pub., c2003 |
Connect to | http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=81874 |
Descript | vii, 233 p. ; 23 cm |
The origin of religion : the earliest beliefs -- The early written records -- Modern religion in the Near East and Rome -- Christianity, Persia, and Islam -- Modern religious thought and the birth of atheism -- A redefinition of atheism -- Atheism as a positive social force -- Atheism in the U.S. -- Atheism as the arbiter of social self-interest -- The task of atheism -- Atheism and Islam